Energy Minister Dr.
Matthew Opoku Prempeh, also known as NAPO, has cast doubt on the real-life benefits of the recent appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi, arguing that rising prices of basic goods like cement make it hard to believe things are truly improving.
In a candid interview, the Minister questioned how government and economic analysts can claim progress when the cost of goods continues to soar. "You begin to ask, what is not hard enough?" he said. "Like a bag of cement, it was 90 cedis before.
It's now 140 cedis.
