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Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, a Governance Lecturer at the Central University, has called on the Ghana Police Service to treat the demands by the organizers of the FixtheCountry demonstration, scheduled on June 4th, with seriousness.

Speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", Dr. Otchere-Ankrah rebuked the organizers for requesting to wield weapons and to address the nation on the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) when they embark on the demonstration.

The organizers consisting of broadcasters Captain Smart, Okatakyie Afrifa and Convener of the FixtheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor wrote a letter to the Police stating "we will bring our own security company to provide protection to demonstrators. All weapons held by demonstrators or by the contracted security personal will be for personal protection only; and all weapons will be duly permitted in accordance with the Arms and Ammunitions Act, 1972 (NRCD 9) e) Proposed route and destination: We expect that the Demonstrators will gather at Circle".

They added; “The procession will move from Circle to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, where the Protestors will make a demand a slot on GTV to speak directly to the Nation and lay out our grievances, in accordance with Article 55(11), which guarantees fair opportunity to Ghanaians to present their programmes to the public through equal access to the state-owned media."

Dr. Otchere-Ankrah vehemently condemned the organizers saying "they want to bring about chaos. So, the national security must take this serious".

He has asked the Police to investigate the organizers emphasizing "they should not entertain such a thing".