Conveners of the #DumsorMustStop demonstration have announced a new date and venue for the action against indiscriminate power outages in Ghana.
Pioneered by Ghanaian actress and socialite, Yvonne Nelson the demonstration which was initially planned to take place this month on Friday, May 25 2024 at the entrance of the Jubilee House, was disapproved by the Ghana Police Service during a meeting with the Accra Regional Police command on Wednesday, May 15 and demanded for change of venue and time.
The conveners, Selorm Dzramado, Henry Akoto, and Yvonne Nelson, have now announced Saturday, June 8 2024 as the new date for the protest. Time will be 2:00PM to 10:00PM, from the entrance of the University of Ghana, Legon, where protestors will gather and march to the Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout.
A podium will be stationed at the roundabout for protestors to express their woes and make petitions to the government about the magnitude of damage these power outages are causing to Ghanaians.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service is seeking a court order to prevent the protest from taking place at the Revolution Square. A writ filed by the Ghana Police Service says “That I am finally advised and verily hold same to be true that this is just a cause for this Honourable Court to exercise its jurisdiction in the interest of public order, public safety, defence and effective policing to issue an order to prohibit or restrain the Respondents, their agents, assigns and anyone claiming through them from holding the intended picketing or demonstration at the Revolution Square opposite the Jubilee House.”