{"id":986291,"date":"2022-02-11T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/11\/aged-woman-refuses-to-move-until-mahama-saves-her\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:15:37","slug":"aged-woman-refuses-to-move-until-mahama-saves-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/11\/aged-woman-refuses-to-move-until-mahama-saves-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Aged woman refuses to move until Mahama saves her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/John-Mahama-637x424-1.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"John-Mahama-637x424-1\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A female elderly citizen on Thursday joined the Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to protest against the passage of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) being pushed for by the government.<\/p>\n<p>She was also clad in black and red just as most protesters.<\/p>\n<p>They marched through the streets of Accra while holding their placards with inscriptions such as \u2018E-levy is a no brainer to economic recovery and we insist that Yentua\u2019 and \u2018Pay UTAG. Students are suffering.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Woman-calls-for-Mahama-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"NDC 'Yentua' demo: Aged woman refuses to move until Mahama saves her\" class=\"wp-image-10032014330\" title=\"NDC 'Yentua' demo: Aged woman refuses to move until Mahama saves her\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>But at some point in time, the woman, aged 50 years or more, anchored herself to the ground. She threatened not to move, according to reports from JoyNews\u2019 Manuel Koranteng.<\/p>\n<p>Her condition was that former President John Mahama should come and save her as living under the administration of President Akufo-Addo has become difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are dying. Mahama where are you? Come and save us. We need you John Mahama. We need your prayers. Akufo-Addo is killing us,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Another protester also carried on her head bricks to show her discontent over the running of the economy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/NDC-Youth-Wing-demonstration-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"NDC 'Yentua' demo: Aged woman refuses to move until Mahama saves her\" class=\"wp-image-10032014212\" title=\"NDC 'Yentua' demo: Aged woman refuses to move until Mahama saves her\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, the Youth Wing of the NDC led a demonstration on the streets of Accra to protest the passage of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) being pushed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters also registered their displeasure against the government\u2019s inability to resolve the ongoing University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) strike that has lasted for about a month.<\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved Ghanaians converged at the Obra Spot on Thursday morning clad in red and black outfits.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Yentua\u2019 demonstrators marched from their point of convergence through the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Farisco, Striking Force, the Kinbu Road, the Octagon and the National Theatre through the AU Roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"KOB_FCpH3Y8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GFA Referees, Your new Black Stars Technical Team is set up to Fail - Fire 4 Fire on Adom (10-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KOB_FCpH3Y8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A female elderly citizen on Thursday joined the Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to protest against the passage of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) being pushed for by the government. 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