A popular kenkey seller located behind the Electoral Commission headquarters has reduced the price of her kenkey to ¢4 and ¢5.
According to the Kenkey seller, a bag of maize, which used to sell at ¢900, has dropped to ¢500 per bag, hence the reduction in her kenkey prices.
Speaking in a viral video, the kenkey seller located behind the Electoral Commission headquarters stated, “Maize prices have dropped, so I also have to reduce the price of Kenkey. If you are selling and the prices drop, you have to reduce them. Before, a bag of maize was being sold at ¢900 to ¢500.
The kenkey is 5 cedis, I don’t sell kenkey for 7 cedis here, it is 5 and 4 cedis”, she added.
Meanwhile, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has claimed that prices of goods and services are rising despite the fall of the US dollar to the cedi.
The NPP communicator asserted that when Ghanaians are complaining about the rising prices, the NDC government keeps saying the dollar has come down.
He claimed that Kenkey is being sold for 7 cedis, and in other places, GH¢10.
Miracles Aboagye stressed that the government needs to come clean and tell Ghanaians the truth about the rise in prices despite the appreciation of the cedi to the dollar.
Speaking at a forum assessing the government’s first year in office, dubbed the People’s Forum, Miracles Aboagye stated, “When the trotro drivers and taxi drivers complain, the NDC government says the dollar has come down. When market women complain, the government says the dollar has come down. And when unemployed teachers and nurses ask for what is due them, they are told to keep quiet because the dollar has come down”.
The view on the people’s forum is that the government needs to come clean with us; they need to tell us the truth, something is going on somewhere that they are not telling us. How is it that the dollar has come down, yet prices of day-to-day items that you and I will benefit from will go up?
They keep saying the market is wicked, the business people are wicked, and that is why they are not reducing prices”.
Miracles Aboagye further explained, “If I am a cold store owner and my import costs fall because the dollar is down, but I am paying 28% more for electricity and higher water bills, how will I reduce prices of meat or other products?” he asked.
Cement 42.5 R Ghacem, which was 90 cedis in December 2024, today it is selling between 110 and 120 cedis. Roofing sheets that were 900 cedis in 2024 are selling for 2000 cedis.
He added, “A ball of Kenkey that they campaigned with, today Kenkey is selling for 7 cedis, and other places in Koforidua, the women are telling me that they are buying Kenkey for GH¢10. A pack of bottled water that was selling for 28 cedis, it’s selling for GH¢36, sachet water was GHS 8, now GHS 10, “he said.
Watch the video below:
A popular kenkey seller located behind the Electoral Commission headquarters has reduced the price of her kenkey to GHS 4 and GHS 5 after maize prices dropped from GHS 900 to GHS 500 per bag. She explained that other production costs have also gone down, making the reduction… pic.twitter.com/PlIRto53cd
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