This comes in the wake of a series of backlashes against the government for the fast depreciation of the cedi since it tightened the country's foreign currency rules and eased them last month, and the shortage of fuel that led to long queues at petrol stations for about a week. 
Harakati hizi zinakuja kufuatia mfululizo wa maandamano dhidi ya serikali kutokana na kupungua kwa haraka kwa thamani ya fedha ya Ghana kwani serikali iliongeza vikwazo katika taratibu za fedha za kigeni na mwezi uliopita ikavilegeza tena, hali iliyopelekea kupungua kwa nishati na hivyo kusababisha misururu mirefu ya watu katika vituo vya mafuta, hali iliyodumu kwa takribani wiki moja.