Abusuapanin Felix Kofi Munkoh, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator, has appealed to Kenkey sellers to at least increase the size of Kenkey if they will not reduce the price.
The NDC communicator noted that the price of maize has dropped, but kenkey sellers still insist on maintaining their prices.
According to Abusuapanin Felix Kofi Munkoh, Kenkey sellers must at least increase the size of a ball of kenkey if they insist on maintaining the price.
Abusuapanin Felix Kofi Munkoh is quoted by UTV to have said, “I am appealing to kenkey sellers: if they will not lower prices despite the drop in maize costs, they should at least increase the size of kenkey”.
Also, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has listed fufu and soup, along with kenkey and fried fish, among the top 20 contributors to inflation.
The GSS list top 20 contributors to inflation comprises “Herrings -Smoked, Plantain (Green), Cinema/Cultural Services, Cooked rice, Charcoal, Ginger, vegetable oil, Tomato Paste, electricity, Re-Sold Tap Water In Buckets/Barrels/Jerrycans, beef, Cassava – Kokonte/Dough, fish, Kenkey With Fried Fish, onions (Large), bread, accommodation (hotel), fufu and soup, yam, Public/Private Secondary School Fees (SSS)”.
Meanwhile, Eric Opoku, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, has said middlemen are to blame for the high food prices in urban areas.
According to the Agric Minister, middlemen between the farmers and the urban area buy cheaply from farmers and sell at ‘throat-cutting’ prices to the consumers.
Eric Opoku highlighted that farmers are currently selling food crops at lower prices than at the start of harvest season.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, Eric Opoku explained, “When you go to the production point, the farmers are complaining that they were selling a truck of yams at GH¢7,000. When they started harvesting, it came down to GH¢4,000, and it is now hovering around GH¢3,000 and GH¢2,000 at the farm gate”.
Eric Opoku added, “We have some people also posing as middlemen between the farmers and urban areas, and they are engaging in profiteering, trying to enjoy abnormal profit. They buy cheaply from the farmers and sell at ‘throat-cutting’ prices to the consumers. The prices are better than before”.
“When you get to the mall, some of the food items are imported, and the prices cannot be compared to those in the local market now because the local ones are now cheaper than the imported ones,” he stressed.
He further added, “We, as a government, have decided to produce to feed Ghanaians; they must reciprocate our gesture by eating Ghana for us”.
See the post below:
I am appealing to kenkey sellers: if they will not lower prices despite the drop in maize costs, they should at least increase the size of kenkey. – Abusuapanin Felix Kofi Munkoh#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/AewQ5EyqWh
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) December 2, 2025