We will block the entrances of his Nima residence to prevent him from going out- C-DAG

The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) will see members of this Association including amour allies such as GPRTU, Co-Operative, PROTOA, and Cargo Drivers mass up and block the entrances of His Excellency President Nana Akogo-Addo's Nima residence to prevent him from going out if he failures to heed to this call. 

In a press release signed by the Regional Chairmen of the Association, the GHC 8.44 mark per liter of petrol is highly abnormal and causing an unbearable hardship on the drivers hence government must reduce the price of petrol in the country.

According to them, this action is just one out of many radical demonstrations they will embark upon to press on the president to have the prices reduced as we are considering also the blocking of all major roads with our vehicles.

However, the continuous increment should never be justified by the government with the Russia-Ukraine war and the continuous falling of the potency of the Cedi against the US dollar.

They added that it must be critically observed that, the tax component on the price of a liter of petrol is a major contributor to the abnormal rate.

"We strongly believe that the taxes, when removed, will aid the reduction of the price of petrol. It must be noted that one major promise of this government was to remove the taxes on petrol", they said

"We wish to remind the President that, Ghana is an oil-producing country and so we possess every right to call on the government to have petrol subsidized for us in circumstances where the world market price rises", they stressed

They commented on the fact that President Akufo-Addo should remember that, then in opposition, he promised to them during a campaign tour at Kwame Nkrumah Circle that, he was going to reduce petrol prices for us should we vote for him hence today, he is in his second term as President but has deliberately chosen to forget about that key promise and It is about time he woke up from his slumber to act quickly.

They mentioned that amidst the continuous precarious petrol prices, they call on all Ghanaians to stand with them to be devoid of partisanship as they fight for more relaxed arrangements.