Increasing prices of commodities in the Bolgatanga Municipality has affected cooking salt which used to be one of the cheapest food ingredients, pushing it up by more than 50 per cent within one month.
In September 2022, a
measuring bowl of salt in the Bolgatanga market which used to cost GHC20.00,
sold at GHC 30 at the end of October, while the Price of a packet of Annapurna
iodated salt which was GHC 3.50 was being sold at GHC5.
A bowl of local rice, which was sold
at GHC 16.00 in September is currently GHC 25 and a bowl of yellow or white
maize sold at GCH 8 presently sells at GHC 12 while a small paint bucket of
corn dough has gone up from GHC 20 to GHC 30 and millet selling at GHC 16 from
GHC12 within the same period.
Madam Louisa Awuni, a trader at the
grain market in the new market was not surprised at the price trends and
indicated that the most preferred Binaba beans was sold at GHC 30 per the
measuring 'olonka' bowl from the old price of GHC25.
A bucket of fresh small sized onions
is sold at GHC 50 and tomatoes at the same quantity are GHC 50.
Four to five medium sized fresh
tomatoes are sold for five Cedis and about 6 fingers of fresh okro are sold for
two Ghana cedis.
Among the emerging fresh food
commodities in the region are Frafra potatoes and a bowl cost GHC 15.00, while
three small tubers of yam are sold at GHC 20.00, and a single medium sized yam
also goes for GHS 10 while five fingers of raw plantain cost GHS 10.
A bowl of raw ground nuts is currently
GHC 38 from the September price of GHC25.
Fresh levy vegetables also cost more,
because the rains stopped earlier than expected a handful of kenaf leaves known
as 'Batu's GHC 2, cabbages range between GHC five to GHC 10, depending on the
size and a single cucumber also ranges between three to five Cedis.
At the fresh meat stands one
kilogramme of beef has risen from GHC17 Ghana to GHC 20.
Source: GNA