Occupy Ghana also known as Occupy Flagstaff House is a protest or pressure movement in Ghana which started online as #occupyflagstaffhouse or #occupyflagstaff, and generated into an offline protest.
| Occupy Flagstaff | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Occupy movement | |
| Date | July 1, 2014 |
| Location | |
| Caused by | Corruption, infrastructure decay, worsening economy, holding state institutions to strict scrutiny |
| Methods | |
| Status | Active |
On July 1, 2014 protesters demonstrated at the Efua Sutherland Children's Park in Ghana's capital Accra, and subsequently moved to The Flagstaff House, Ghana's presidential palace, to present their petition to the president John Dramani Mahama.[1][2][3]
A non partisan group known as The Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance is said to have organised the protest to ask government to solve corruption, infrastructure decay, worsening economy, the deteriorating economic conditions in the country, among other things.[1][4]
The protest was described as peaceful but with initial issues with police permits and the detention of one protester.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Police finally okays "Occupy Flagstaff House" demo". ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Police give clearance for 'Occupy Flagstaff House' demo to go on". myjoyonline.com. My Joy Online. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Hoping for change, Ghanaians #OccupyFlagstaffHouse". Aljazeera. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Live: 'Occupy Flagstaff House' demonstrators demand to see Mahama". graphic.com.gh. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ Graphic.com.gh. "Live: 'Occupy Flagstaff House' demonstrators demand to see Mahama - Graphic Online". graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 2016-01-22.