Retired Captain Joel Sowu has expressed disappointment with the Ghanaian youth, saying they missed a significant opportunity to make a lasting change after the #FixTheCountry demonstrations.

According to him, the youth should have formed a party after the demonstration, contested and won the election to fix the county.

In the interview with Kafui Dey on the YouTube series '45 Years On: Memories of Ghana 1979,' he said, "To the youth of this country, I am sorry for you. You had one great opportunity, and you messed it up. For the first time in the country's history, the youth from NPP, NDC, and all political parties united for FixTheCountry. What did they do? They did a few demonstrations, and it fizzled away. I was on a program on Radio XYZ."

"The youth should have said after the demonstration, 'we are forming a new party'. Then you could stand for the election, win, and fix the country," he added.

In September 2023, the much-talked-about "Fix the Country" protest took place, with hundreds of Ghanaians taking to the streets of Accra to demand accountability, good governance, and better living conditions from the government.

The demonstrators, mainly youth and social media activists, held placards with inscriptions like, "We deserve better too, fix the country," "We are suffering, we need jobs," "Young people cannot pay rent, fix the country," "Reduce fuel and gas prices," and "Where are the 88 hospitals Nana Addo?"

Many protesters gathered at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange by 6 a.m., while others were bused from different locations to join the protest.

Clad mostly in red and black, some blew whistles and sirens, while others used microphones and mini speakers to organize and control the crowd.

The demonstrators began moving along their designated routes around 8 a.m., walking through Kwame Nkrumah Avenue towards the Farisco Traffic Lights, through the TUC Traffic Intersection to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) at Accra Central and ended at the Black Star Square.



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