NDC blames Akufo-Addo's "insensitive" government for raising fuel prices on Easter eve

General News on Friday, April 19th, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-04-19

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), the largest opposition party, has criticized the Akufo-Addo government for raising fuel prices on the eve of Easter, a major festival for most Ghanaians.

There has been a "slight increase" in the price of fuel on the Ghanaian market. This is independent of the 2.5% appreciation of the Cedi against the dollar.

The Institute for Energy Securities (IES) said in a statement: "Although some WTO can maintain their prices unchanged in order to maintain their market share under the deregulation policy, most WTO will probably benefit from this window. to catch up. & # 39; margins.

"On this note, IES would like to raise the awareness of Ghanaians to observe the posted fuel prices of different JIs before making purchases in order to benefit from the competitive prices of the deregulation policy," he said.

The NDC's national president, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, speaking during a former President John Mahama's engagement with some of the driver unions in Accra, said that the price of the company's price tag has been reduced. As gasoline had increased, the government showed its insensitivity to the fate of ordinary Ghanaians.

"I am in favor of a correction, but I have been told that the price of gasoline has gone up and that shows if the government in power is sensitive to the plight of the population. We know that Easter is the time when ordinary people and Christians want to undertake various trips to conventions and other programs. And you can imagine that when the churches have contracts with drivers and they choose them this morning for their various Easter conventions and that fuel prices increase on the eve of Easter, it shows that you are sensitive or no to people.

"We think we have the man who has demonstrated his sensitivity to ordinary citizens of this country. When he became president of this country, we invested in infrastructure and in various districts and regions where we went, the GPRTU came to testify that the various parks and truck markets built were built by the l 39; former president John Mahama. So we are here to interact with you and to make sure that if the opportunity arises for the second coming, it will even do more. "