{"id":1265946,"date":"2022-12-16T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T11:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/16\/1-is-now-8ghc-reduce-lorry-fares-and-prices-of-goods-in-the-market-kankam-boadu-pleads-with-market-women-and-gprtu\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T11:06:02","slug":"1-is-now-8ghc-reduce-lorry-fares-and-prices-of-goods-in-the-market-kankam-boadu-pleads-with-market-women-and-gprtu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/16\/1-is-now-8ghc-reduce-lorry-fares-and-prices-of-goods-in-the-market-kankam-boadu-pleads-with-market-women-and-gprtu\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 is now 8ghc, reduce lorry fares and prices of goods in the market \u2013 Kankam Boadu pleads with market women and GPRTU \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bright Kankam Boadu, an astute sports journalist of Kumasi-based Pure FM fame, has called on GPRTU and market women to reduce lorry fares and prices of goods in the market.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The call comes at the back of reports on how the American Dollar has declined in value against the Ghanaian Cedi.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0Black Stars can\u2019t qualify from their World Cup group \u2013 Bright Kankam Boadu<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, December 16, 2022, the US dollar depreciated, thereby, trading against the cedi at a buying rate of 7.99975 and a selling price of 8.0055. A few days ago, the dollar was initially selling at GHC14.000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bank of Ghana Exchange Rates <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HREBnMQezt\">pic.twitter.com\/HREBnMQezt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bank of Ghana (@thebankofghana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebankofghana\/status\/1603652991269085185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, the dollar was initially selling at GHC14.000.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Following the development, Ghanaians including the sports journalist have been expecting to see the prices of goods and services reduced drastically.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has been reported that traders and services are refusing to reduce the price of their commodities and services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO BELOW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"nzXEy4AjAGQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"$1 is now 8ghc: reduce lorry fare and prices of goods in the market - Bright Kankam Boadu\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzXEy4AjAGQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Bright Kankam Boadu, an astute sports journalist of Kumasi-based Pure FM fame, has called on GPRTU and market women to reduce lorry fares and prices of goods in the market. The call comes at the back of reports on how the American Dollar has declined in value against the Ghanaian Cedi. 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