By Murtala Issah
Hundreds of citizens took to the streets of Tamale on Saturday, September 3, 2022, to draw the government’s attention to the economic challenges facing the country and to call for urgent steps to save Ghanaians from further hardship.
The group, made up of people from various walks of life and largely residents in Tamale, walked through some major streets of the Northern Regional capital, clad in red t-shirts with various placards, capturing the feelings of the demonstrators about the economy.
One of the leaders of the group, Professor Jaspa Binduya explained that, they were exercising their right as citizens to demand an improvement in the management of the economy through a peaceful demonstration.
The demonstration, dubbed “miisim demo”, was scheduled for but was postponed due to the deaths of the Mionlana, Mahamadu Abdulai and the Northern Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila. “Miisim” is a Dagbanli word, which implies hardship; “miisim demo” therefore means hardship demonstration.