Prices of goods soar at Makola market

Traders at the Makola Number One Market in Accra, have expressed their frustrations at daily persistent soaring up of prices of food items and other commodities .

Madam Ama Adubea, a cassava and plantain seller at the market, told GNA during  a market survey on Friday that in December last year, a medium-sized basket of cassava was retailed at GH¢100 but the price currently was GH¢110.

GNA also checked the prices for other commodities and found out that four tubers of big cassava cost GH¢5 while four of smaller ones were sold for GH¢4.

Three big fingers of plantain cost GH¢5 while 7 fingers was sold at GH¢10 and the smaller ones was sold at GH¢2 for five fingers GH¢5 for eight fingers.

For cereals, a bag of 5kg perfumed rice was being sold between GH¢16 and GH¢20, depending on the brand, a 10kg bag of rice was being sold for GH¢40 while 20kg bag of rice, was being sold between GH¢80 and GH¢110.

An olonka of gari cost between GH¢4.50 and GH¢5 while margarine tin of the commodity cost GH¢1.

A margarine tin of beans cost between GH¢1.50 and GH¢2 and an ‘olonka’ for GH¢9.

Wheat is being sold at GH¢2 for a margarine tin and GH¢12 for Olonka.

Pepper is sold according to the preferred color and the red-colour type was being sold at GH¢5 per bucket full, green type was for GH¢12 per bucket full and the yellow pepper between  GH¢18 and GH¢20 for the same quantity.

A box of tomatoes was being sold at GH¢450 and it was being retailed at between GH¢12 and GH¢20, depending on the size of the bucket and four medium-sized tomatoes for GH¢2.

Fish was also affected by the price hike as 4 small herrings was being sold at GH¢2, a Salmon (fish) was being sold between GH¢2 and GH¢6, depending on the size.

Source: GNA