Sports journalist Saddick Adams has taken Minister of Agriculture Bryan Acheampong to task over the escalating prices of food items in Ghana.
Adams highlighted the significant rise in the cost of essentials such as tomatoes, onions, and pepper, which has made them increasingly inaccessible, particularly for the most vulnerable members of society.
He voiced his frustration over the minister’s attention to acquiring state hotels rather than tackling the pressing issue of food price inflation, which has sparked widespread public discontent.
“I tell the morning show hosts to come down and assess the prices of pepper, onion, tomatoes that ordinary people purchase all the time. We always hear on the radio that the Agric minister wants to buy six hotels.
Doesn’t he know the price of tomatoes in town?
“You can buy all the hotels, but plantain and other food items have become expensive. He should stop the hotel deal and fix the prices, then later he can go and buy them and even add the sea. I like Bryan Acheampong, but this is not the time to discuss hotel deals,” he said in Twi while speaking on Angel FM.
There has been a surge in complaints from various figures in Ghana regarding the escalating food prices, which are intensifying the hardships faced by ordinary citizens.
Minister Bryan Acheampong has come under intense scrutiny after news emerged that his organization planned to acquire six state hotels.
The backlash was swift and severe, leading to the cancellation of the proposed deal.