Volunteers of the All African Games 2023 were met with violence as they demanded their unpaid allowances and packages. Allegedly, members affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) resorted to firing shots to disperse the protesting workers.

The incident unfolded at the Pentagon Hostel within the University of Ghana, where over 3,000 volunteers had been assisting with the games. Anticipation turned to frustration as the volunteers woke up to find themselves informed to vacate the premises without receiving their promised compensation.

Eyewitnesses recounted a harrowing scene as tensions escalated between the aggrieved workers and the armed individuals purportedly associated with the NPP.

Shots were fired in an attempt to quell the protest, causing panic and chaos among the volunteers.

Reports suggest that the demand for unpaid allowances and packages had been brewing for some time, with volunteers expressing discontent over the lack of compensation for their contributions to the All African Games.

Expressing their grievances, one volunteer stated, “We the Volunteers for the 13th African Games have been denied our due including TNT and are being forced to leave the Hostels immediately.”

He explained, “The agreement was that we would be paid GHC2,500, GHC500 for TNT and GHC2,000 as allowance or appreciation package. They came to address us yesterday Monday, March 25, and even promised that we were going to be given the money before noon today Tuesday, March 26. Only to send a statement asking us to leave the various Hostels.”

NPP thugs shoot into student workers of the All African Games 2023 for demanding unpaid allowances and packages 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/SEPKmu0zaD— Maleek Basintale (@malik_basintale) March 26, 2024