{"id":677201,"date":"2019-08-09T15:42:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/coffin-sellers-cry-over-low-sales-now-offer-them-on-credit\/\">\n            <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><figure><img width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/w"},"modified":"2019-08-09T15:42:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T15:42:51","slug":"coffin-sellers-cry-over-low-sales-now-offer-them-on-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/09\/coffin-sellers-cry-over-low-sales-now-offer-them-on-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffin sellers cry over low sales; now offer them on credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/coffin-sellers-cry-over-low-sales-now-offer-them-on-credit\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Coffin-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Coffin\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Managing Director of Adjei and Brothers Wood Works, Adjei Boye Okaine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coffin sellers in Accra are complaining about low sales in spite of perceived high death rate being recorded in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Managing Director of Adjei and Brothers Wood Works, Adjei Boye Okaine, though they have been forced to reduce prices, they are also forced to give some out on credit to survive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Akufo-Addo breaks silence on PDS scandal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now give the coffins out on credit just to make ends meet. Our business is on the verge of collapse,\u201d he stated on Adom FM\u2019s <strong>Work and Happiness<\/strong> show, Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Okaine, whose business is at the Korle-Bu Mortuary road in Accra, said his capital has been locked up due to low patronage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Coffin-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1692284\"  \/><figcaption> Adjei Boye Okaine, sharing his experience <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>READ: Must watch: How lesbianism from SHS led me to an occult group in Ghana \u2013 Woman confesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t pay my workers and my prayer is to get more buyers for my beautiful coffins,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The coffin dealer, who has over 30 years experience, said they always pray for increased sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what we will all die so it is not a sin for us to pray for high sales,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Ghanaians destroyed \u2018angel\u2019 Kwesi Nyantakyi within 48 hours \u2013 Asamoah Gyan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Okaine said Mondays and Tuesdays are market days because bereaved families normally purchase the products on these days for burial ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Ghana | Adomonline.com | Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing Director of Adjei and Brothers Wood Works, Adjei Boye Okaine Coffin sellers in Accra are complaining about low sales in spite of perceived high death rate being recorded in the country. 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