It was drama Tuesday as key figures in the opposition National Democratic Congress joined hundreds to demonstrate over what they describe as hardship imposed by the governing party.

General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, as well key executives of the party and former members of government sat on the floor during the demonstration, with some weeping or pretending to.

They claimed life has become so unbearable for the ordinary Ghanaian under the Akufo-Addo led administration.

Asiedu Nketia popularly referred to as General Mosquito chided the government over what he says were attacks on the media by government officials and security officers.

The demonstration was organised by  the Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ), a political pressure group, with support from other interest groups including the Ga-Mashie Fishermen and Fishmongers Association, Coalition for Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold, Greater Accra Market Women Association, and Spare Parts Dealers Association.

Dubbed: “Kum Yen Preko”, the demonstrators marched through some principal streets of Accra holding placards with various inscriptions.

Some of the placards read: “419 Government”, “Patapaa Government”, “Clueless Government”, “Stop Collapsing Business” and “2020 just around the corner.”

Former Gender Minister Nana Oye Lithur was spotted in her red attire hoisting placards accusing the government of handing a raw deal to the Menzgold CEO.

PNC chairman, Bernard Mornah was part of the demonstrators who sat on the ground in protest over the economic conditions in the country.

He was particularly angry over the new chamber that Parliament had planned to build at a cost of $200million.

He would rather the money is shared to the MPs for development projects in their various constituencies.

The group has vowed to replicate this demonstration in other regions.