About hundred old men and women in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi has threatened to undergo a naked demonstration if government continues to turn a deaf ear to their plight.
The group, who embarked on a protest in Kumasi against the dumsor canker and lack of jobs in the country in June; has given the John Dramani Mahama led administration a one month ultimatum to distribute cocoa inputs to farmers—else they will march straight to the Flagstaff House in the nude.
From Myjoyonline;
The senior citizens, numbering more than hundred have been outlining their demands at a news conference in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi.
According to them they will specifically stage a naked demonstration at the seat of the presidency – the Flagstaff House in Accra.
Members including farmers from Tepa, Hinahini, and Obuasi said they have been deprived of mass spraying exercise and distribution of some farm inputs.
They have been using their meagre resources to purchase the farm inputs and also spray their crops, they said.
This has greatly affected their livelihood, they claimed.
In June, the group protested against the erratic power supply and loss of jobs.