Beginning at the Obra Spot at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and moving through several of Accra’s main streets, the “Ku Me Preko Reloaded” rally began today, November 5.
Martin Kpebu, a private attorney, is the protest’s organizer and is calling for President Akufo-Addo to step down due to Ghana’s present economic difficulties.
The President and his government, according to some civil society organizations like #FixTheCountry, Arise Ghana, Economic Fighters League, and other activists, have not done enough to ease the burden of citizens in the faltering economy. These organizations have joined the protestors.
Martin Kpebu remarked in a media interview before the protest that the economy’s mismanagement and blatant corruption are clear signs that Ghanaians cannot wait till Mr. Akufo-four-year Addo’s mandate is up.
He asserted that following today’s demonstration, the president and his vice president should step down from their positions in order to trigger the constitutional process that will elect his successor.
“We are dying; citizens are dying; citizens can’t afford food; citizens are starving all because of malgovernance by President Akufo-Addo. It never happened that you have a president in office and every time that the country borrows, the president’s family becomes richer; how?”
“This can’t continue. We can’t borrow all the time and have Databank becoming richer all the time. Citizens have a duty as stated in Article 41 [of the Constitution] to ask the president to resign and this is not the first time that a president of Ghana is going to resign,” Martin Kpebu said.
The rally, he continued, will be a recreation of the famous “Ku Me Preko” protest against the Rawlings regime in 1995, in which Mr. Akufo-Addo took the lead.
Zero Violence
In the meantime, the organizers have warned demonstrators against doing anything that will detract from the purpose of the protest.
They declared that they would not tolerate any form of violence and issued a warning that they would apprehend and turn over to law authorities any individual or group of individuals found indulging in such behaviour.
“Today’s demonstration is going to be a peaceful one and I want to place on record that, the youth of Ghana are law-abiding and peace-lovers. No one has to look far from the three main demonstrations under ‘fix the country’ banner. All three that we’ve had were peaceful and without any incidents with the police or without.
“To those few elements who are planning to use this demonstration to cause trouble, to engage in any violent activity whatsoever, this is not the space for you, indeed, you will be rooted out on your own and handed over directly to the State institutions to take proper action against you,” Nii Ayi Opare, Spokesperson of the Economic Fighters League and a member of the Organisers, said.
At 7:00 a.m., the demonstrators gathered at the Obra Spot at Kwame Nkrumah Circle and marched down the 28th February Road to Farisco Junction before continuing on the Liberia Road to Independence Square.
Adam Ibrahim
Adam is passionate about politics and issues that affect governance. As a writer, he channels his energies into writing on pertinent national and political issues for the good of the Ghanaian people.
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