Avorka rubbishes recent anti-government demo

Ho, Aug 10, GNA - Mr Cletus Avorka, Minister of the Interior has

rubbished the recent anti-government demonstration, supposedly to draw

attention to the hard economic circumstances of Ghanaians, as a gimmick

that would not stand any logic. He was addressing a durbar of security personnel in Ho as part of his

two-day visit to institutions under his ministry in the Volta Region. Mr Avorka said going by the lamentations of former President John

Agyekum Kufuor that the four-year term was too short to make a big

impression on the problems of the country, being judgmental on the six

months of the current government was mischievous. He said the time of politics was over now and that Ghanaians must

face realities and work in unity to tackle to problems of the country. Mr Avorka who deviated from his main subject of welfare of the

security services said such gimmicks as demonstrated by the street action

erodes the confidence of the general public in politicians. He said there was no need to play to the gallery because it would be

taking the people for a ride, saying, between now and the next three and half years, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government would have a better story to tell Ghanaians.