The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged Ghanaians to take part in Tuesday July 6, 2021 demonstration organized by the party’s Youth Wing dubbed “March for Justice”.
Making the call as contained in a press release, the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia intimated that the protest is intended to “help raise awareness about the condition of insecurity and lawlessness in Ghana and encourage President Akufo-Addo to wake up from his slumber and act with urgency”.
Mr Nketia stated that the protest march will remind President Akufo-Addo of his responsibility to the Ghanaian people, particularly in the areas of public safety and security.
The statement also added that the march will mark the start of public sensitization operations to persuade the government to purge security agencies of persons it described as “NPP hoodlums and misfits who have been hired and are being used to terrify innocent and peace-loving Ghanaians”.
The march would also show sympathy with the “silent majority” of security personnel who are concerned about “undue politics of recruiting and appointments at the expense of professionalism and discipline,” the statement signed by Johnson Asiedu Nketia said.
Read the rest of the press release below
For Immediate Release
5th July, 2021.
NDC CALLS ON GHANAIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROTEST MARCH FOR JUSTICE.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) wishes to urge all Ghanaians, particularly the youth and members of the Party to massively participate in the upcoming demonstration which is being organized under the auspices of the Youth Wing of the Party.
The planned demonstration and street protest, which has been scheduled for Tuesday, 6th July, 2021, is to help raise awareness about the state of insecurity and lawlessness in Ghana and compel President Akufo-Addo to wake up from his slumber and act with urgency.
The protest march will therefore remind President Akufo-Addo of his responsibilities towards the people of Ghana especially in the area of public safety and security. It will seek to draw attention of the government to the growing loss of public confidence in the hierarchy of some security agencies.
The march will also signal the beginning of public sensitization activities to compel the government to rid the security agencies of NPP hoodlums and misfits who have been recruited and are being used to terrorize innocent and peace loving Ghanaians. The march will also be in solidarity with the silent majority of security personnel who are concerned about the undue politicization of recruitment and appointments to the detriment of professionalism and discipline.
Finally, we intend to remind the Akufo Addo junta that Ghanaians have had enough of the state-sponsored brutalities and harassment against innocent, peace loving citizens.
The NDC is alarmed and appalled at the increased-spate of state-sponsored brutalities, killings and harassment against innocent citizens being supervised by President Akufo-Addo, as was witnessed during the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-election and the December 7 Polls in Techiman South and other areas, as well as the Gregory Afoko case and the recent murder of Ibrahim Mohammed, AKA Kaaka by hoodlums belonging to the NPP and state-sponsored killings and maiming of some innocent youth of Ejura.
These issues are of grave concern to Ghanaians across the political spectrum. We therefore urge the public to join hands with the youth of the NDC in a common goal to restore sanity into the security services and the nation as a whole.
Signed,
Hon. Johnson Asiedu Nketia
(General Secretary, NDC)
