A Convener of the supportive of New Patriotic Party extremist gathering, #FixingTheCountry Ghana has contended that the public authority of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo can't in any capacity be faulted at the inflated cost of kenkey.
Throughout the course of recent months, Ghanaians have seen a critical augmentation in the expense of essential labor and products including food things.
The circumstance has prompted many grinding their teeth and thrashing the public authority for neglecting to do the needful for an adjustment of story.
Requested by the host from Egyaso Gyaso on Okay FM, Afia Pokua, whether the public authority can be faulted for the ascent in the expense of financial circumstances including the expense of kenkey, Owusu Bempah energetically contended in actuality.
He drew a connection between's the expense of kenkey which is made from corn and the continuous intrusion of Ukraine by Russian military powers.
As per him, the conflict has prompted a deficiency in the stockpile of manure for the planting of maize in Ghana causing an ascent in the expense of maize. This, he contended, has thus impacted the cost of kenkey.
"You are a writer thus on the off chance that you pose those inquiries, you include to ask the conditions inside which the world is arranged... We want manure to develop corn and we don't make the compost in Ghana, we import it. So on the off chance that you awaken one day and everything has stopped with borders shut, the primary cardinal guideline to know is that worldwide conditions have changed.
"Larger part of our economy depends on the importation of labor and products, right or wrong? Subsequently, you need to realize that things will change. Furthermore, we realize that universally unrefined petroleum which we import is from Russia and Ukraine. In view of the conflict happening in Ukraine, in the event that anybody says we can't contend that the break in supply and the subsequent expansion in oil costs makes no difference, I disagree," he contended.
"We import around 60% of our raw petroleum from Ukraine and Russia so assuming the costs have expanded, clearly, that ought to let you know something. How much oil do we deliver in Ghana? We need to import, and when that's what we do, there are weighty assessments forced on it which will proceed to influence everything. So if kenkey used to be GHC1 and it is currently GHC5, for what reason would it be a good idea for you be concerned?" he addressed.
Owusu Bempah underscored that it has become occupant for individuals to see the value in the condition of the worldwide economy and its impact on the Ghanaian economy as opposed to faulting the public authority for the ascent in the average cost for most everyday items.
"Did Akufo-Addo bring the conflict? Did Akufo-Addo bring the Corona? Don't you realize that Ukraine is the food container of the world? Proceed to do all necessary investigation. In any event, when the Iraq and Iran war began in the mid 90s, the moment even the worldwide financial experts hear there is a conflict, you realize it consequently influences everything on the planet. You needn't bother with a technical genius to let you know this," he proclaimed.
In the mean time, an old video of President Akufo-Addo during his mission days as a resistance chief has circulated around the web directly following the ongoing monetary difficulty.
In the video, the then resistance up-and-comer chastised the public authority of the day for ineptitude faulting them for the expense of kenkey which was then selling for one cedi.
"You said you were coming to lessen costs since you came for poor people. In any case, it is under your residency that destitute individuals are experiencing the most. That is the very thing we are currently finding in the cost of kenkey costing GHC1," Nana Addo chastised the then National Democratic Congress government.
Kenkey currently sells somewhere in the range of GHC1.5 and GHC3 relying upon the size.
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