Wednesday, 29th June, 2022

DAILY ANALYST
Wednesday, 29th June, 2022 Page 3
Frontpage Stories
Arise Ghana demo turns violent
The “Krom A Hye”
demonstration which
was organized by the
Arise Ghana Movement
yesterday turned
violent as police officers fired
tear gas to ostensibly disperse
demonstrators who were
allegedly pelting stones at them.
The demonstration which
was aimed at protesting the
economic hardships in the
country was largely peaceful until
some protestors threw stones,
prompting the police to respond
with tear gas.
According to the Ghana Police,
about 12 of their officers got
injured during the confrontation
while a couple of protesters
were arrested. Some protestors
were also injured during the
confrontation.
However, prior to the
unfortunate incident, thousands
of Ghanaians had poured onto
the principal streets of Accra
to partake in the Arise Ghana
Movement (AGM) demonstration
to protest the ever-increasing
harsh economic conditions in the
country.
The demonstration -
christened “Krom A Hye”
- began with the protesters
massing up at the Obra Spot
at the Kwame Nkrumah
Interchange to register their
discontentment at the Akufo-
Addo administration over the
debilitating cost of living.
Also, hundreds of police
Justice Koomson to
swear newly elected
GJA executives into
office tomorrow
personnel were deployed by the
Police Administration to ensure a
peaceful demonstration and the
protection of the rights of other
citizens.
According to the
demonstrators, the continuous
hike in fuel prices, high inflation
rate, and depreciation of the cedi
were having telling effects on
Ghanaians.
Some of the inscriptions
on the placards wielded by
the protesters were “Momo
businesses are collapsing,”
“Cancel the E-levy,” and “Job
Opportunities for All-Scam,
Double Taxation is Against the
Principles of Our Tax Region
Others read, “Cost of
Transportation is Killing
Ghanaian workers,” Russia-
Ukraine War has Nothing to do
with the Hikes, “One Fuel with
over 14 Taxes-Why? Akufo-Addo
wake up from your slumber, and
“Reduce Fuel Prices Now!”
Interestingly, scores of the
protesters refused to buy into the
government’s argument that the
current economic hardships were
due in part to the ongoing Russia-
Ukraine war.
“They [government officials]
are quick to blame our sufferings
on the Ukraine war, but how
on earth will you tell me that
the cost of maize which is from
last year’s yield is a result of
the Ukraine-Russia war which
started this year?”, a protester
who spoke to DAILY Analyst
stressed.
Meanwhile, according to a
member of the group, Bernard
Mornah they will present
a petition containing their
grievances to Parliament today
(Wednesday, June 29, 2022).
Manhean in danger of
disease outbreak
Justice George Kingsley
Koomson, Justice of the
Court of Appeal, will, on
Thursday, June 30, 2022,
swear the newly elected
National Executive Officers of the
Ghana Journalists Association
(GJA) into office.
He will administer the Oath
of Office to the new national
executive members made up
of Albert Kwabena Dwumfour,
President; Linda Asante-Agyei
(Mrs), Vice President; Kofi Yeboah,
General Secretary; Dominic
Hlordzi, National Organising
Secretary; Audrey Dekalu (Mrs),
Treasurer and Rebecca Ekpe (Ms),
Public Affairs Officer.
They are to serve for a threeyear
term after the swearingin
ceremony, which will be
held at the Accra International
Conference Centre (AICC) at 10
am prompt.
The ceremony will be chaired
by the Director-General of the
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation,
Prof Amin Alhassan, with the
Minister of Information, Kojo
Oppong Nkrumah, invited as a
Special Guest.
Dignitaries expected to attend
the ceremony include members
of the Diplomatic Corps,
Ministers of State, Members of
Parliament, representatives of
development partners, heads of
media institutions, and members
of the inky fraternity.
The ceremony will be telecast
live by the national broadcaster
(GBC) and other media houses.
At the regional level, similar
swearing-in ceremonies are
expected to be organized for the
newly elected regional executive
members of the GJA.
It is only a matter of time
before the country records
a major disease outbreak
in Manhean, a community
in the Ga West Municipal
Assembly GWMA) in the Greater
Accra Region, DAILY Analyst can
report.
This is because for the past
two weeks, the garbage truck
driver, who regularly comes to
Manhean to cart waste at the
main refuse container close to
the Manhean Station, has stopped
working.
The development has resulted
in the heaping of the refuse
container with garbage which
is making it practically difficult
for the lady who works at the
container site to receive any more
waste.
Worse still is the fact that the
only refuse container serving
the entire Manhean community
has become rusty with loads of
corrosion holes. And coupled
with this is the foul smell
that emanates from the place,
especially at dawn and in the
evening when the shoulders of
the main street is littered with
various food vendors.
Furthermore, it was observed
that the situation was so bad that
residents with new refuse are
constantly being turned away
from the main container. And this
is because the refuse container
has become full and overflowing
with waste with some even in big
black polythene bags sitting close
to the container.
The situation, DAILY Analyst
understands, has paved way for
some of the residents to resort
to indiscriminate dumping of
refuse, thereby putting the health
of other people in the community
at high risk.
With this frightening
development, it is believed
that a disease outbreak in the
community is imminent and
could have dire consequences.
A visit by DAILY Analyst to
Manhean at the weekend showed
that the situation remained the
same, with households being
compelled to keep bags of refuse
in their homes.
Indeed, for many residents, it
was not only frustrating but more
importantly, risky as it posed
health risks to them.
In some of the homes that
the paper visited, it was observed
that heaps of refuse in black
polythene bags kept at corners
continued to pile up, with many
fearing that the situation could
get out of hand if nothing was
immediately done about it.
A resident in the community,
Apeoha, speaking to the paper
bemoaned the situation, adding
that the heaped refuse container
has been there for the past two
weeks.
He could not fathom why the
Assembly member for Manhean
Electoral Area, Hon. Nathaniel Nii
Lomotey Tetteh was not telling
the community anything.
“Why are we not hearing from
our Assemblyman on this scary
situation?” he quizzed.
“Only three days ago, my
daughter was turned away when
she went to dump refuse at the
main refuse container near
Manhean station,” he disclosed.
Mr. Apeoha was wondering
whether the authorities were
waiting for them to be killed by
filth before they act!
In this regard, the residents
called on their Assemblyman,
Nii Lomotey Tetteh, and the
Municipal Chief Executive
(MCE) of GWMA, Mr. Clement
Nii Lamptey Wilkinson, to – as
a matter of urgency – intervene
in the matter before the
unthinkable happens.