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.
