{"id":53922,"date":"2022-11-06T22:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T22:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=53922"},"modified":"2022-11-06T22:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T22:08:25","slug":"economic-hardship-forces-former-mp-to-pick-trotro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=53922","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Economic hardship forces former MP to pick \u2018trotro\u2019<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu constituency, Ras Mubarak, has abandoned his luxury lifestyle due to the current economic hardship and increasing cost of living in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He joined public transport, popularly called \u2018trotro\u2019, over the weekend due to fuel hikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former National Democratic Congress MP was part of the \u2018Ku Me Preko\u2019 demonstration in Accra to pile pressure on President Nana Akufo-Addo to resign for his inability to manage the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ras Mubarak took to Facebook to share his frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Below is his post on Facebook:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-5.png 414w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-5-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-5-238x310.png 238w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-5-81x105.png 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>&nbsp;Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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The former National Democratic Congress MP was part of the \u2018Ku Me Preko\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Economic hardship forces former MP to pick \u2018trotro\u2019 - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=53922\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Economic hardship forces former MP to pick \u2018trotro\u2019 - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu constituency, Ras Mubarak, has abandoned his luxury lifestyle due to the current economic hardship and increasing cost of living in Ghana. 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