#FixTheCountry protesters clash with organisers over route
Some of the protesters have clashed with the conveners of the #FixTheCountry protest after some of them decided to change course.
It took the intervention of the conveners to stop the renegade protesters.
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Protesters clash with organisers
Some of the protesters have clashed with the conveners of the protest after some of them decided to change course.
It took the intervention of the conveners to stop the renegade protesters.
Akufo-Addo reminded of ‘Fix the economy’ charge on late Atta Mills
A protester has reminded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of his call on late president Professor John Evans Atta Mills to fix the economy.
The protester, who was part of the #FixTheCountry protest on Wednesday, demanded from President Akufo-Addo that now that he has the opportunity not only should he fix the economy, he should fix the country.
The Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Efia Tenge, says so far protesters of the #FixTheCountry demonstration have comported themselves despite a breach of one or two of the Covid-19 protocols.
“Yes, so far,it’s okay. Everything has been peaceful,” she told 3FM’s Eric Mawuena Egbeta during the protest in Accra.
“But until we complete, we cannot give our assessment.”
The march began from the Obra Spot, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange, and is expected to end up at the Black Stars Square.
Our country has turned into a gay country’
One of the protesters of the #FixTheCountry protest has given his compelling reason of joining hundreds on Founders’ Day to march from the Obra Spot near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange to the Black Stars Square.
He spoke to Media General‘s Komal Adom, who is following all the action.
Our country has turned into a gay country’
One of the protesters of the #FixTheCountry protest has given his compelling reason of joining hundreds on Founders’ Day to march from the Obra Spot near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange to the Black Stars Square.
He spoke to Media General‘s Komal Adom, who is following all the action.
‘Our Country has turned into a gay country. The architect of the Cathedral is gay. That is why I am out here demonstrating’
Photos] Protest march on!
The protesters with the protection of the police are on their march to demand the total ‘fixing’ of the country.
The demands are multi-faceted as captured in some of the placards on display.
March begins
Dozens have begun the protest march from the Obra Spot.
Most of the protesters are in red with a few draped in the colours of the national flag.
From the Obra Spot, the protesters will use the Farisco Traffic Light road at Adabraka through the TUC-Kinbu road and then end up at the Black Stars Square, where they will be addressed by some personalities.
‘Akufo-Addo has nothing to offer Ghanaians’
One of the protesters has already descended heavily on the Akufo-Addo-led government, questioning the promise of 1 million jobs with barely three years to end the term of the President.
[Photos] Some placards on display
Some of the #FixTheCountry protesters are already making their concerns known to government with the placards being displayed at the converging point, Obra Spot near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange.
Find a few of the placards below:
New IGP addresses officers for #FixTheCountry duty
Recently appointed Inspector General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare has addressed police officers to be on guard duties for Wednesday’s #FixTheCountry protest.
A gesture which is often done by regional commanders, the briefing for officers was done this time around by the Acting IGP, who is just four days in office.
He was at the Accra Regional Police office to address the men in black before despatching them for duty.
Before this demonstration, the Accra Regional Command had been embroiled in a legal tussle with conveners after the latter’s initial permission was turned down.
It took an Accra High Court to quash the injunction secured by the Command for the demonstration to be staged, parties settling on Wednesday, August 4.
Protesters mass up for #FixTheCountry demo
Droves of protesters are converging on the Obra Spot near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange to begin the much-anticipated procession dubbed #FixTheCountry.
The street protest has been long in coming as an earlier intention to embark on the action resulted in a legal tussle between the Accra Regional Police Command and the conveners.
But after an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey on Friday, June 25 quashed the police’s injunction and ruled that the conveners could demonstrate but with express permission from the police.
The two parties, then, settled on Wednesday, August 4.
In between then and now, the Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) also embarked on a demonstration dubbed ‘March For Justice’ on Tuesday, July 6 to demand justice for victims of police-military brutalities.
The demonstration on Founders’ Day is expected to end at the Black Stars Square.
Source:3News.com
