Spokesperson for the Rawlingses Kofi Adams has defended former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings\u2019 recent comments about the state of the economy.<\/p>\n
The former first lady earlier this week told visiting African women that the country\u2019s economy is not in good shape. At that same gathering Mrs. Rawlings described Ghana as one of the most expensive countries to live in on the continent. Spokesperson for the Rawlings Kofi Adams says the former first lady\u2019s assertion cannot be disputed because the cost of living is now high.<\/p>\n
He was speaking on Joy FM\u2019s news analysis program Newsfile Saturday which is also telecast on MultiTV. \u201cGradually, Ghana in some areas is becoming a little bit expensive. I happen to be in the Western Region\u2026in 2009, this year I happen to visit Western Region again and cost of some basic things have all of a sudden shot up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Adams cited the Vice-president, Mr John Dramani Mahama, whom he said \u201chad cause to even complain about the cost of hotel accommodation where in some of the star hotels\u2026the minimum they will take about $200 [or] $250 a night.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress also quoted the Social Welfare Minister Mr ET Mensah as saying tourists who visit the country spend four times the amount they have spent if they went to another African country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spokesperson for the Rawlingses Kofi Adams has defended former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings\u2019 recent comments about the state of the economy. The former first lady earlier this week told visiting African women that the country\u2019s economy is not in good shape. At that same gathering Mrs. Rawlings described Ghana as one of the most expensive countries to live in on the continent. Spokesperson for the Rawlings Kofi Adams says the former first lady\u2019s assertion cannot be disputed because the cost of living is now high. He was speaking on Joy FM\u2019s news analysis program Newsfile Saturday which is also telecast on MultiTV. \u201cGradually, Ghana in some areas is becoming a little bit expensive. I happen to be in the Western Region\u2026in 2009, this year I happen to visit Western Region again and cost of some basic things have all of a sudden shot up,\u201d he said. Mr Adams cited the Vice-president, Mr John Dramani Mahama, whom he said \u201chad cause to even complain about the cost of hotel accommodation where in some of the star hotels\u2026the minimum they will take about $200 [or] $250 a night.\u201d The Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress also quoted the Social Welfare Minister Mr ET Mensah as saying tourists who visit the country spend four times the amount they have spent if they went to another African country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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