{"id":272748,"date":"2011-01-04T17:11:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T17:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44637"},"modified":"2011-01-04T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T17:11:27","slug":"kwesi-pratt-hack-government-over-fuel-price-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/04\/kwesi-pratt-hack-government-over-fuel-price-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Pratt Hack Government Over Fuel Price Hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_36006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36006\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-36006\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/21\/i%e2%80%99m-fed-up-with-all-these-noises-from-ndc-npp-pratt\/kwesi-pratt\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36006\" title=\"Kwesi Pratt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Kwesi-Pratt.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Pratt Jnr\" width=\"230\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Managing Director of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThere have been strong public  reactions to the 30 percent increase in prices of petroleum products  announced by the National Petroleum Authority.<br \/>\nAs the new prices  take effect Tuesday morning, one of the groups which will be hardest hit  is the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). Executives of the  association say the sector is already grappling with high costs of  production and credit which have rendered them less competitive.<br \/>\nAGI president Nana Owusu Afari says industries may be forced to lay off workers while others could fold up.Nana Owusu Afari<br \/>\nHe  said the price increases will have a ripple effect on the cost of doing  business and consequently the ability of industry to expand their  operations and create jobs. Mr Afari was also worried that investors may  be discouraged from investing in the country. He appealed to managers  of the economy to take decisions bearing in mind the peculiar needs of  industry.<br \/>\nA leading member of the Committee for Joint Action and  editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt says the increment is not  justifiable. He questioned the Mills administration\u2019s promise to  drastically reduce fuel prices.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen this government was in  opposition they spoke about a reduction in the level of taxes, they  spoke of hedging as an alternative, they spoke about alternative source  of energy and many other measures. Now what happened to all the  brilliant ideas they had when they were in opposition?&#8221;<br \/>\nHe  rejected suggestions that then candidate Mills\u2019 promise to reduce prices  of petroleum products drastically was rendered useless by President  Kufuor\u2019s 17 percent reduction in the price of the product.<br \/>\n\u201cWell  I\u2019ve heard that argument but it is important to note that even after  President Kufuor had reduced the price of fuel, the NDC still promised  to reduce it further. And indeed in those days the argument was made  that the increases in the world market price of crude oil was not  sufficient justification for increasing ex-pump prices,\u201d Mr Pratt  stated.<br \/>\nHe said there is no justification for the present increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been strong public reactions to the 30 percent increase in prices of petroleum products announced by the National Petroleum Authority. As the new prices take effect Tuesday morning, one of the groups which will be hardest hit is the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). 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