The Operation Recover All Loot Brigade (ORAL), a youth group associated with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth wing, has announced plans to stage a demonstration at the Finance Ministry on September 4, 2024.
The purpose of the demonstration is to demand accountability and recovery.
of funds allegedly misappropriated in questionable transactions.
Some of the issues they intend to demonstrate about are the US$34.9 million ambulance spare parts contract, the GRA-SML deal, and expenditures related to the All-African Games.
Addressing journalists, the convenor of ORAL, Osman Ayariga, announced that they will be picketing at the Finance Ministry to drum home their concerns, adding that other series of protests have been planned at various public offices to demand immediate action on financial improprieties.
“In view of the Oral objectives, we are organizing a picketing at the Ministry of Finance and subsequently at the Jubilee House and any government establishments involved or suspected to be involved in corruption or corruption-related matters to demand immediate and decisive action regarding several troubling financial improprieties that have recently come to light.”
‘’As a result, on the 4th of September, the Oral Brigade will be assembling at the Ministry of Finance to voice our demands and ensure that our concerns are heard. Again, our purpose is to urge the Minister for Finance to take immediate action to investigate these matters thoroughly, halt any questionable payments, and recover funds where necessary.”
“We believe that this picketing is vital to restore public confidence in our financial management system, to reinforce the principle that public resources must be managed with the highest levels of integrity and transparency. This is just the first and beginning of many planned protests by the National Conscious Oral Brigade aimed at demanding accountability in public financial management.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana