{"id":449188,"date":"2017-12-21T23:48:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/business-has-been-slow-this-christmas-season-abossey-okai-traders\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T23:48:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:48:42","slug":"business-has-been-slow-this-christmas-season-abossey-okai-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/business-has-been-slow-this-christmas-season-abossey-okai-traders\/","title":{"rendered":"Business has been slow this Christmas season &#8211; Abossey Okai traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/84565072.295.jpg\" alt=\"Abossey Okai Traders\" title=\"Abossey Okai Traders\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Traders at Abossey Okai market say deteriorating state of economy has affected Christmas sales<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513900122_13_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Businesses are expected to be booming at this time of the year but traders at Abossey Okai market in Accra have unfortunately expressed displeasure on \u201cslow commercial rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sellers attributed the decline in the purchase of their goods to the deteriorating state of the country\u2019s economy, which to them has affected the pockets of many Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Ghanaweb, the businessmen bemoaned that although Christmas is usually an exciting moment for market men and women because it is a time where people shop for loved ones, family, and friends, this year\u2019s festive season is the worst they have ever experienced.<\/p>\n<p>While some traders stated that it was difficult to raise enough money to feed their families since they hardly make profit, others described the market as an empty football pitch.<\/p>\n<p>A trader said, \u201cIt is very difficult to make money at the end of the day. On bad days, one is fortunate enough to make a \u2018few coins\u2019 but on worst days, it will be difficult to make sales up to 10 pesewas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust take a look at the market; it looks like an empty football pitch. You hardly see shoppers coming around. This year\u2019s Christmas has not been good for us traders,\u201d another trader said.<\/p>\n<p>Describing previous holiday seasons, the traders reminisced on how shoppers flooded the market and could be seen thronging the market place with live fowls, crates of drinks, and foodstuff ready to be taken home for celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristmas in the previous years were the best.  Market boomed with early shoppers buying fowls, drinks, and food items to their homes in anticipation of the festive season. But now, you don\u2019t see such. The market is dry and business is slow which is disheartening,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>The traders pleaded with the government to do something about their uncomfortable situation since they are running at a loss and are incurring debts.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThey, however expressed hope that the coming year will be much better.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5ar0ntRlJA\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-21 play videoTraders at Abossey Okai market say deteriorating state of economy has affected Christmas sales Businesses are expected to be booming at this time of the year but traders at Abossey Okai market in Accra have unfortunately expressed displeasure on \u201cslow commercial rate.\u201d The sellers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":449189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Business has been slow this Christmas season - Abossey Okai traders - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/business-has-been-slow-this-christmas-season-abossey-okai-traders\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Business has been slow this Christmas season - Abossey Okai traders - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Business News of Thursday, 21 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-21 play videoTraders at Abossey Okai market say deteriorating state of economy has affected Christmas sales Businesses are expected to be booming at this time of the year but traders at Abossey Okai market in Accra have unfortunately expressed displeasure on \u201cslow commercial rate.\u201d The sellers [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/21\\\/business-has-been-slow-this-christmas-season-abossey-okai-traders\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/21\\\/business-has-been-slow-this-christmas-season-abossey-okai-traders\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Business has been slow this Christmas season &#8211; 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