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Most decorated Ghanaian musician, Sarkodie has found trouble for himself following his tweets on the commercial drivers sit-down strike.
Earlier on, GhArticles.com reported that effective today, the Coalition of Commercial Transport Owners have announced its intention to embark on a nationwide indefinite strike, as part of measures to compel the government to scrap some taxes on fuel to enable reduction at the pumps.
According to the Coalition, the government for the past two weeks has failed to heed their calls for some taxes to be scrapped off hence the decision to embark on the sit-down strike.
The group has asked its members to put on red armbands to register their displeasure with the government.
The coalition of private transport operators consists of Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), Association of Tipper Truck Drivers, Harbor Transport Owners, Ghana National Cargo Transport Association, Ghana Committed Drivers Association, Concerned Drivers Association, Digital Drivers, Commercial motorbike riders, popularly referred to as Okada, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers among others.
Following that, hundreds of workers were left stranded in multiple lorry stations across Ghana over Trotro Drivers sit-down strike against high fuel prices in the country.
The Ghanaian rapper took to Twitter to plead on behalf of Ghanaians who have been affected by the sit-down strike by the commercial drivers.
Sarkodie called on the government to be productive to help make things a little lighter for the citizens.
According to the multiple award-winning rapper, Ghanaians are going through difficult times and all they ask for a good environment for them to hustle.
His tweet has garnered mixed reactions from Twitter users as some are calling him hypocrites.
According to large number Twitter users, Sarkodie would have drop back to back diss songs for John Mahama if he was the president under this difficult times in Ghana.
But under President Nana Addo’s regime, he’s just tweeting. They accused him of being partial.
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Meanwhile, the GPRTU has suspended their sit-down strike after they were invited to the seat of the presidency for deliberations over the nationwide strike.
According to the leadership, further information would be communicated to them at the right time.
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