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Is the ego of the Trade Minister at work here? We must be careful not to collapse our cement manufacturers. First, regulate the "runaway" exchange rate and then discuss cement prices.
"When the fundamentals of the economy are weak, the exchange rate will expose you." Stop the price control regime experimentation and let the exchange rate and free market economy that you touted in opposition determine the p ...
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Not while Mahamah and his dzata cements are exploiting abusing and controlling housing, building, and construction from their offices while ordinary ghanaians suffer.
Very partisan and unfair comment. What has a bizarre regulation of price got to do with an investor?
IS KT HOMMOND A LAWYER ? I DOUBT.
But who do you think will even vote for a rat like Bawumia?
Why only cement Mr. Good for nothing minister?
because the price keeps getting hiked foolishly. you certainly are not building a house
To mean what? How about price of rice, kenkey, tomatoes etc which are needed for survival. Is building a house with cement blocks important for a poor man?
Who are the masses that KT Hammond is representing? This is a call ...
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The house will be built by a rich man and rented to a poor man. Who suffers? The poor man
Hypocritical @AB!! This is not theoretical debate. People like you cry loudest that "things are hard" and lambast the NPP, ignoring the inherent greed of Ghanaian businessmen/women.
Opete vulture head K. T Hammond. He fool pass aponkye
NOTHING BUT AN ELECTION BULLSHIT PLOY BY A CLUELESS MINISTER.
This useless Minister can't even regulate his own Julor House corruption and incompetence, let alone have the authority to regulate prices. These thieving natio ...
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Prof Alex Dodoo of GSA seems to be a petty power drinking chap. How did he think we were all stupid to allow GSA be a price regulator of cement?
Great directive Mr Speaker. Price Regulation will take us back to the long past post colonial era when supply shortages accounted for price regulation. We cannot start walking backwards now.
The Minister should carry out ...
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The Speaker and MPs who are opposing this LI know what they will get from the shylocks in the cement cartel. These people will not accept anything brought before Parliament if it goes against their personal and political inte ...
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I watched the Ghana-EU conference on Joy TV yesterday and nearly fainted of shame when KT Hammond was making his opening speech. Is this MP sane? Has he ever been diagnosed with mental problems? Yesterday's "speech" confirmed ...
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