NDC’s Chief Biney to lead picketing at the Presidency over economic hardship.
The Deputy National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chief Hamilton Biney is to lead a group of Ghanaians to picket, at the Presidency on Friday, 28th October, 2022.
MyNewsGh.com has cited a copy of a notice to the Ghana Police Service over the intended picketing, which Chief Biney says is as a result of the economic hardship in the country.
In the said notice, the NDC National organizer hopeful, notes the picketing is going to be peaceful to call on bawumia to address the precarious economic challenges facing many Ghanaians coupled with the depreciation of the cedi.
Dr. Bawumia, the head of the economic management team, seems to have gone missing since the cedius began a steep fall over the week, experiencing its worst depreciation in Ghana’s history as some economists have suggested.
Some economic analysts believe the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has done nothing to little in bettering the lot of Ghanaians in this economic quagmire.
Whereas some are even calling for the sacking of the finance minister, the president insists Mr. Ken Ofori Atta the finance minister has been outstanding.
Many are however surprised, Dr. Bawumia with all his economic wizardry will be silent when things are getting out of hand.
Ghaniand may recall his numerous lectures when opposition about the economy and ways to put the economy on track. This has left many to question the potency of such lectures during the ndc era under john dramani mahama.
In a related development , the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday urged Ghanaians not to panic or put further pressure on the cedi as the currency continued its rapid slide against the US dollar in October.
According to him , it is puzzling to see the level of the cedi’s depreciation. Mr. Ofori Atta said the current level of depreciation may have been occasioned by a rush for dollars to import Christmas goods.
This week’s depreciation of the cedi (as much as 9.5 per cent against the US dollar), the biggest in 22 years, took losses suffered by the Ghana cedi to nearly 52% this year, the worst performance among 148 currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
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