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Solomon Fokuo, a lecturer at the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU), has described the recent appreciation of the Ghanaian cedi against the US dollar as "artificial and misleading." Speaking on Wontumi's Morning Show, Dr.

Fokuo argued that the strengthening of the cedi is being deliberately manipulated to create a false sense of economic progress and win public approval, despite harsh realities on the ground.

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