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The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers-Ghana (COPEC), says its projection for the next pricing window shows that prices of petroleum products will see a marginal increase from Sunday May 1, 2022. In a statement, the energy think tank said it expects petrol and diesel to be sold at GH¢ 9.538 and …
Read More »Quality of condoms not determined by their prices – Gynecologists
A gynecologist at the Ga East Municipal Health Directorate, Dr. Benedict Afari, has refuted claims that the quality of a condom is determined by its price. The medical practitioner speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, asserted that if the condom has been approved by the Food and …
Read More »Fuel prices to be reduced by ¢1 from April 1
The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (COBD) has forecasted an up to ¢1 per litre reduction in the price of petrol and diesel by April 1, 2022. This follows several engagements the COBD had with the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and stakeholders to fashion out interventions aimed at reducing …
Read More »Gov’t reduces fuel prices by 15 pesewas per litre
Government as part of measures to mitigate the economic hardships on Ghanaians has reduced margins in the petroleum price build-up by a total of 15 pesewas per litre. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta who made the announcement during a government press conference in Accra on Thursday, March 24, 2022, said the …
Read More »Fuel prices: Public toilets to increase fees
Fees of public toilets are set to increase as septic tank dislodging groups hint of hiking their fees due to persistent increase in fuel prices, some caretakers of public toilets in Accra have said. Mr John Esefu, popularly known as Kakra, a caretaker of the Accra Tema Station public toilet, …
Read More »Expect food prices to keep rising – IMF warns
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that global food prices were at record highs before the war in Ukraine. The IMF said the Russia-Ukraine conflict will further increase costs and inflation more broadly. Since the outbreak of the warfare between Russia and Ukraine, prices of commodities especially, crude oil …
Read More »Alcohol consumers cry over skyrocketing prices of their favourite drinks
Some alcohol consumers have expressed concerns over the astronomical rise in the prices of beer and other alcoholic drinks. According to them, even the local bitters they have resorted to for some time now also keeps increasing in price To them, this has made their lives very difficult since they …
Read More »Fuel prices shoot up by 18.2%, cumulative rise in 2022 at 53.9%
The ex-pump price of petrol and diesel has shot up by a record 18.2 per cent Wednesday afternoon, March, 16, 2022. The Ghana News Agency has observed that some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) adjusted their rates upwards from GHS8.2 per litre to GHS9.7 per litre, representing an increment of GHS1.50 …
Read More »NPA awaits directives from Finance Ministry on fuel prices
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it has made a request through the Energy Ministry to the Finance Ministry to “review or reduce or remove” some taxes and levies on petroleum products in the country. The NPA says it is waiting for the Finance Ministry to do its analysis on …
Read More »Drivers issue one week ultimatum for Gov’t to reduce fuel prices
Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana(C-DAG) has given government a one-week ultimatum to have the price of petrol reduced. The drivers contend the GHC 8.44 mark per litre of petrol is highly abnormal and causing an unbearable hardship on them, hence the call. They have threatened failure to heed to this …
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