{"id":274405,"date":"2011-01-18T19:23:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T19:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=48360"},"modified":"2011-01-18T19:23:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T19:23:44","slug":"government-will-continue-to-set-fuel-prices-fifi-kwettey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/18\/government-will-continue-to-set-fuel-prices-fifi-kwettey\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Will Continue To Set Fuel Prices &#8211; Fifi Kwettey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_48121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48121\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-48121\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/17\/ministers-to-dislodge-volta-mps\/fiifi-kwetey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48121\" title=\"Fiifi Kwetey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Fiifi-Kwetey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiifi Kwetey<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nDeputy Minister of Finance and  Economic Planning Fifi Kwetey says government will continue to set  petroleum prices despite suggestions from analysts that consumers should  bear the cost of price changes from the market forces.<br \/>\nEconomic  analysts like Dr Nii Moi Thompson have suggested that government stay  away from setting petroleum prices for consumers and create a new and  pragmatic petroleum pricing regime which will allow fuel stations to set  their own prices possibly within a band and supplemented by laws  against abuse.<br \/>\nDespite admitting that government should by now  shed that responsibility of setting prices, Fifi Kwetey says Ghanaians  are not ready yet to take that course.<br \/>\n\u201cIdeally that really must  be the situation, but are the people of Ghana ready for this? Its not an  easy thing. You go across the world, they will tell you even though  everything is supposed to be paid for by the people, there are certain  things that are considered to be essential. For example, if you have a  situation where water is being priced beyond the range of ordinary  people, if you are a leader you are likely to be in all kinds of crisis.  Look at whats happening in Tunisia, on the back of food prices for  example. The same thing is happening in India, there are all sorts of  riots. So its not as simple as Nii Moi would want us to believe.<br \/>\n\u201cIf  we can take the broad section of our people with us, so we all come to  an agreement that when it comes to petroleum, lets do exactly what it is  with the telecom services, where you don\u2019t expect government to  subsidise your calls or your text messages, then we certainly will make a  lot of progress. But until we reach that point its going to be  difficult.\u201d<br \/>\nThe National Petroleum Authority (NPA) early this  month adjusted petroleum prices upwards with effect from Tuesday January  4, 2011, citing the rise of crude oil prices on the world market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Fifi Kwetey says government will continue to set petroleum prices despite suggestions from analysts that consumers should bear the cost of price changes from the market forces. 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