{"id":1197419,"date":"2022-09-02T17:42:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/02\/petrol-price-increase-this-too-shall-pass-dr-okoe-boye-tells-ghanaians-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:42:19","slug":"petrol-price-increase-this-too-shall-pass-dr-okoe-boye-tells-ghanaians-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/02\/petrol-price-increase-this-too-shall-pass-dr-okoe-boye-tells-ghanaians-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol Price Increase: &#8216;This Too Shall Pass&#8217; &#8211; Dr. Okoe Boye Tells Ghanaians | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has asked Ghanaians to have good faith in President Nana Akufo-Addo and his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Nana Yaw Kesseh on\u00a0<strong>Peace FM&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Kokrokoo&#8221; Friday morning, Dr. Okoe Boye noted that the government is fully aware of the economic pressures on the citizenry and doing everything possible to ameliorate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>He assured the citizens that the President hasn&#8217;t gone to sleep but working assiduously to ensure the high prices of petroleum products coupled with high prices in commodities as a result of the cedi to dollar rate and the fact that Ghana doesn&#8217;t refine its own fuel, are all remedied to bring a big relief to Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded with the populace to be patient with the Akufo-Addo government.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We know when petrol prices go up, it affects everything but we plead with you that since we don&#8217;t refine it here like we manufacture water, cassava here but rather buy it from abroad, they increasing it will definitely affect us. However, just as President Akufo-Addo once said, we want to assure you that this too shall pass,&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0he stated.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi\/Peacefmonline.com\/Ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of . Please report any inappropriate  to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Featured Video\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wB2-NHndouE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Fight Against Sim Card Registration Is Unending- Hon. 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