Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah has undermined the purpose of the ‘Kume Preko’ demonstration that came off on Saturday, November 5, 2022.
Some agitated Ghanaians, including members of civil society organisations and other activists, took to the streets of Accra to register their displeasure about the current economic hardship.
According to them, the alarming inflation, coupled with cedi depreciation and the continuous increase in fuel prices, have negatively affected their living conditions.
However, Mr Ahiagbah noted that the current economic crisis the country is facing should not be blamed on Akufo-Addo’s government.
He said the economic difficulties are global phenomena and not internally generated, as some individuals have claimed.
“So the only basis, in my view, that perhaps the demonstrators have this morning to be on the street is democratic. But in terms of the substantive issue, to say that the government or the president has done anything incidental to cause them to be on the street, I don’t see it,” he told the media.
Speaking on Newsfile on Saturday, November 5, 2022, Mr Ahiagba explained that he has assessed the President’s journey and “you can find one single basis for the behaviour suddenly, in these times.”
“Ghana is going through hardship. That hardship can be explained, can be rationalized. The president spoke about it and the data shows exactly that there are incidental issues that are beyond our control that is forcing the situation on us,” he told the media.
As it is now, the country is seeking a possible $3 billion bailout from the IMF amid intensifying hardship, hiked fuel prices, a depreciating cedi, and a rising cost of living.
Source: The Independent Ghana