Prices of food commodities especially cereals and grains have gone up in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale.<\/p>\n
This has compelled restaurant and chop bar operators to increase the prices of meals they sell.<\/p>\n
A bag of maize which was sold at GHC75 a fortnight ago is now GHC90.<\/p>\n
A bag of groundnut sold the previous week at GHC28 is now selling at GHC36.<\/p>\n
A bag of millet sold the previous week at GHC80 is now selling at GHC100.<\/p>\n
Citi Business News<\/b> visited the main Aboabo Market in Tamale where cereals and grains are sold in large quantities.<\/p>\n
Some of the frustrated retailers including Habib Baako and Alhassan Sakpedoo bemoaned the situation and said business was down.<\/p>\n
They said customers were alarmed by the price hikes but attributed it to the shortfalls in the rains.<\/p>\n
The entire Northern Region is likely to experience drought this year because the rains are not forthcoming as expected.<\/p>\n
Large scale farmers around Gushiegu, Karaga, Savelugu, Nanton and other parts of the Northern Region are likely to suffer losses this year if there no rains in the coming days.<\/p>\n
The nation\u2019s food security could be in jeopardy since the north is considered as the food basket of the country.<\/p>\n
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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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