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Pressure Group Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) say it will hit the streets again on January 25 in a demonstration they have christened Atta-Wayo. AFAG is lamenting what they say is the astronomical fuel price hikes, high taxes, unrivalled corruption, fading purchasing power, suffering, and hardships under the Mills-led National Democratic Congress. At a press conference to announce the January 25 "Atta-Wayo" demonstration, a leading member of the group, Abu Ramadan said from January 2009 till date, the NDC Government's disposition and posture gives credence to the fact that they are not prepared to listen to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian but to set their questions, mark the same and give themselves an excellent mark of 80. "AFAG is more than resolve in our effort to expose the level of incompetence, cronyism and grave corruption in the NDC�s Government set-up," he said. Read below the press statement by AFAG announcing the Jan 25th demo. Good morning Ladies and gentlemen of the press. It has become more than clear that, the NDC Government headed by Professor Mills for three (3) years, has exhibited to Ghanaians both home and abroad that all cautions from AFAG and other Civil Society groups with respect to the fading purchasing power, suffering, and hardships and the monumental corruption within his government and public institutions have fallen on deaf ears. The cry and pain of the ordinary Ghanaian as of now, has grown from worse to worst whilst poverty levels are unprecedented. However, the TUC in all this trying times, continue to look on helplessly in the midst of the high spate of labor agitation, sky-rocketing youth unemployment, pandemic level of insecurity, worsening living standard of the ordinary Ghanaian, and the unprecedented height of corruption that has permeated this administration. The most strange and nauseating aspect of all these, is the fact that, from President Mills down to the last person in their communication team, for whatever reasons best known to them, wants all Ghanaians to believe that, we are experiencing the so called �better Ghana� and that life is better under Professor Mills than any other Government in our political history. This is sheer propaganda. Let professor Mills be told that, you cannot govern a nation on propaganda. Ghanaians are sinking under the load of his numerous high taxes and unrivalled corruption. From January 2009 till date, the NDC Government disposition and posture gives credence to the fact that they are not prepared to listen to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian but to set their questions, mark the same and give themselves an excellent mark of 80. AFAG is more than resolve in our effort to expose the level of incompetence, cronyism and grave corruption in the NDC�s Government set-up. Some instances of corruption are as cited below, and the earlier the President acts, the faster the tax payer will be spared of further abuse and misuse of the public treasury. This when achieved, will gain some savings and enable fuel subsidies to be restored immediately.