Residents along the border towns of Elubo in the Western Region have hit the streets to protest against the continuous closure of the border between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.
The demonstration, which took place early Thursday, September 2, 2021, on the principal streets of Elubo saw the residents channel their plight, caused by the border closure.
President Akufo-Addo announced the move back in March 2020, as part of measures to help curb the spread of the Covid-19.
Some 18 months after the closure, the residents stated that the reopening is long overdue as it is affecting their livelihoods.
According to the demonstrators, until their plea is heard and solved, calmness will never be restored in Elubo and its environs because they will advise themselves in another step.
Member of Parliament for Jomoro constituency Dorcas Affo-Toffey who led the demonstration said, the closure of the border is collapsing their businesses and making life difficult to bear with.
“Closure of the border is really affecting our living and businesses. Nothing is going on here, marriages are collapsing and students are also dropping out of school so what is actually going on?… Even Ebola disease that was too harmful than covid-19 did not lead to the border closure,” she said on the Angel FM morning show.
She added that: “Now that I’m talking to you, [the borders between] Cote d’Ivoire-Mali, Cote d’Ivoire-Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire-Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire-Burkinafaso, and Togo-Benin borders are all open but ours [Ghana] are still closed, why?
