[ 2011-04-21 ]

Rice sellers at the market

Traders cry over poor sales
With a day to the Easter festivities, residents in
the Sunyani Municipality in the Brong Ahafo region
are crying over high prices of foodstuffs.

Some residents said the products they bought for
GH¢2 a week ago had been doubled to GH¢4 on the
eve of Easter.

DAILY GUIDE visited the Nana Bosoma Market on
Wednesday, the last market day in the municipality
to the Easter, to assess trading activities in the
busy market.

Madam Felicia, a tomato seller, said tomatoes that
they sold for GH¢2 last week had been increased
to GH¢5.

She noted that the price hike was a source of
worry to them because it was driving away
potential buyers from the market. “But we
can’t do anything about it because that is the
way we bought it,” she added.

Some buyers we spoke to expressed shock over the
sudden price increment in foodstuffs and called on
the traders to do something about it so that they
could buy some foodstuffs for the Easter
festivities.

When DAILY GUIDE spoke to some of the foodstuff
sellers who had come from their villages, they
said lack of transportation and bad roads had
contributed to the rise in the prices of
foodstuffs.

According to a plantain seller who gave her name
as Akosua, she went to the farm for the goods on
Sunday but had to wait till Tuesday to transport
her products from Krowsua to Sunyani to sell.

Madam Akosua mentioned that because of lack of
transport, she had to pay more to the driver to
transport her goods to Sunyani, and said that
compelled her to increase the price of her
foodstuffs.

A bunch of plantain, which was selling at GH¢2.50
last week, now sells at GH¢4. Also, a bag of
cocoyam which was sold at GH¢15, is now selling
at GH¢20.

Vegetables sellers at the market our reporter
spoke to expressed worry over the high price of
foodstuffs but blamed it on the Easter
festivities.

Source - Daily Guide

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