{"id":30099,"date":"2014-07-07T08:29:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T08:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=30099"},"modified":"2014-07-07T10:16:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T10:16:31","slug":"cement-shortageprice-increment-hits-tamale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/cement-shortageprice-increment-hits-tamale\/","title":{"rendered":"Cement shortage\/price increment hits Tamale"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Northern Regional capital, Tamale has been hit by cement shortage.<\/p>\n
This comes at the back of Citi Business News<\/strong> hint last week of a nationwide shortage of the cement product.<\/p>\n Some major cement retailers in Tamale Township including Aspet and Yaamusah companies limited have empty warehouses.<\/p>\n Not considering the shortage, the price of cement within a space of 12 hours skyrocketed from GHC28 to GHC35 in Tamale Township.<\/p>\n The new price is fixed for any brand be it GHACEM, Diamond or the imported Chinese cement.<\/p>\n Managing Director of Aspet Company Limited in Kukuo, Nyarko Emmanuel in a Citi Business News<\/strong> interview said the shortage had adversely affected his business.<\/p>\n According to him, customers who got astonished by the new price either turned away or deposited for small quantities.<\/p>\n Some frustrated cement consumers and retailers who gathered at the Aspet Company Limited bemoaned the situation and called for government\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n Equally, some tenants got alarmed by the situation and anticipated increment in rent.<\/p>\n They said it would overburden their harsh living conditions and added their voice to calls on duty bearers to take quick action.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Northern Regional capital, Tamale has been hit by cement shortage. This comes at the back of Citi Business News hint last week of a nationwide shortage of the cement product. Some major cement retailers in Tamale Township including Aspet and Yaamusah companies limited have empty warehouses. Not considering the shortage, the price of cement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n