We Are Not Making Government Unpopular - Abossey Okai Traders

The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has rejected the assertion that it is making the government unpopular with the ongoing closure of shops to register their displeasure over the depreciation of the Cedi and the high cost of doing business. This follows allegations by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Michael

Okyere Baafi that the decision by the traders association is a ploy to make government unpopular. But reacting to the Deputy Minister’s statement, the Vice President of the Association, Richard Obeng said that their decision to close shops was not influenced by politics. He said their action has been taken to ensure the government put

in adequate measures to arrest the further depreciation of the Cedi and also reduce the cost of doing business in the country. So the Minister is also trying to tell us that whatever challenges that we are facing right now he doesn’t see anything wrong? How much do we buy one gallon of petrol, we don’t want to go into politics, we

don’t want to politicize this. We are speaking the truth and the truth must be spoken. You will bear me witness, how much petrol do you buy in a week, if it’s not because of Dollar? So we are talking about the way we can also put measures in place so that at the end of the day, the Dollar will stabilize. If you are claiming that we are trying

to make the government unpopular that is not what we are doing. We all know that Akufo Addo has done well for us the people of Abossey Okai and the importers. He’s done a lot so how can we sabotage him? Whether I belong to the NDC or NPP you have no idea. If we go to the fuel station do they ask you whether you are NPP or NDC? No, everybody is being affected, that is what we are speaking about.