Price Of Kitchen Salt Goes High In Bolgatanga Market | Social

Increasing costs of commodities within the Bolgatanga Municipality has affected cooking salt which was once one of many least expensive meals elements, pushing it up by greater than 50 per cent inside one month.

In September 2022, a measuring bowl of salt within the Bolgatanga market which used to price GHC20.00, bought at GHC 30 on the finish of October, whereas the Price of a packet of Annapurna iodated salt which was GHC 3.50 was being bought at GHC5 .

A bowl of native rice, which was bought at GHC 16.00 in September is at the moment GHC 25 and a bowl of yellow or white maize bought at GHC 8 presently sells at GHC 12 whereas a small paint bucket of corn dough has gone up from GHC 20 to GHC 30 and millet promoting at GHC 16 from GHC12 throughout the similar interval.

Madam Louisa Awuni, a dealer on the grain market within the new market was not stunned on the value developments and indicated that essentially the most most well-liked Binaba beans was bought at GHC 30 per the measuring 'olonka' bowl from the previous value of GHC25.

A bucket of recent small sized onions is bought at GHC 50 and tomatoes at the same amount are GHC 50.

Four to 5 medium sized recent tomatoes are bought for 5 Cedis and about 6 fingers of recent okro are bought for 2 Ghana cedis.

Among the rising recent meals commodities within the area are Frafra potatoes and a bowl price GHC 15.00, whereas three small tubers of yam are bought at GHC 20.00, and a single medium sized yam additionally goes for GHS 10 whereas 5 fingers of uncooked plantain price GHS 10.

A bowl of uncooked floor nuts is at the moment GHC 38 from the September value of GHC25.

Fresh levy greens additionally price extra, as a result of the rains stopped sooner than anticipated a handful of kenaf leaves generally known as 'Batu's GHC 2, cabbages vary between GHC 5 to GHC 10, relying on the dimensions and a single cucumber additionally ranges between three to 5 Cedis .

At the recent meat stands one kilogram of beef has risen from GHC17 Ghana to GHC 20.