IEA's Report Misses the Mark: Approval ratings cannot feed families

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• Isaac Opoku 4 hours ago

  Thank you for your brutal honesty. A lot of our technocrats have become bootlickers and it is very sad. With all these praises on Mahama, prices of goods and services are rising on a daily basis and yet some people want us to ...
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  Thank you for your brutal honesty. A lot of our technocrats have become bootlickers and it is very sad. With all these praises on Mahama, prices of goods and services are rising on a daily basis and yet some people want us to believe things are rosy in this country.

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• kojo 3 hours ago

  Is it the first time the IEAs is reporting in this country. Is this the time you realized the IEAs report does it feed families or you now wake up from your drunkenness. Or in the past the IEAs report fed families

  Is it the first time the IEAs is reporting in this country. Is this the time you realized the IEAs report does it feed families or you now wake up from your drunkenness. Or in the past the IEAs report fed families

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• YAW 3 hours ago

  Did the report say "approval ratings feed families"? Why are academics of these days so partisan and 'illiterate'? The ratings simply shows that the populace is largely in acceptance with the way the country is being run - FI ...
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  Did the report say "approval ratings feed families"? Why are academics of these days so partisan and 'illiterate'? The ratings simply shows that the populace is largely in acceptance with the way the country is being run - FINITO!!!! What the Hell is all this trashy extraneous issues about family feeding???!! Please WISE up a bit!!!

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• Abdulsalam 3 hours ago

  Thank you for the article.
  
  To begin with, the responsibility for publishing the inflation rate lies with the Government Statistician, not the Finance Minister. When the inflation rate is quoted as 3.5%, it means that pric ...
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  Thank you for the article.
  
  To begin with, the responsibility for publishing the inflation rate lies with the Government Statistician, not the Finance Minister. When the inflation rate is quoted as 3.5%, it means that prices of goods and services are generally rising more slowly, not that prices are falling.
  You also mentioned that food and other item prices are rising, but this claim was not supported with data.
  
  I am not in favor of praising any government for simply doing what it is supposed to do. However, the reality is that the performance of the previous government was so poor that it makes the current administration appear world-class by comparison.
  
  This is the brutal truth, and I believe it explains why many people now feel a sense of hope where there was previously none, with the expectation that conditions in the country will improve.
  
  If Ghanaians, in general, have refused to reduce the prices of goods despite reductions in input costs, it only confirms our tendency toward profiteering. Take bread as an example: the prices of flour and margarine have declined, yet the price of bread remains at levels seen during the COVID period and the height of the Russia–Ukraine war. Similarly, consider canned malt. A box of 24 cans produced in Ghana is more expensive than one imported from Nigeria. That, unfortunately, reflects our own pricing behavior.
  
  The IEA made its full findings publicly available. It cannot be held responsible if people choose to highlight only selected aspects of the report while ignoring others.

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• gh.citizen 3 hours ago

  Skin pain can kill some people. If it is not their person, they find ways to discredit whatever good thing is said about their opponent.
  
  The people at IEA are not NDC sympathisers to come out with such a report to whitewas ...
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  Skin pain can kill some people. If it is not their person, they find ways to discredit whatever good thing is said about their opponent.
  
  The people at IEA are not NDC sympathisers to come out with such a report to whitewash the president.

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• Francis Ameyaw 2 hours ago

  Mr Isaac Ofori, the Tutor, thank you very much for sharing your opinion on national issues. However, one issue you got it wrong is the interpretation of inflation. Please, take time to read more about inflation to understand ...
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  Mr Isaac Ofori, the Tutor, thank you very much for sharing your opinion on national issues. However, one issue you got it wrong is the interpretation of inflation. Please, take time to read more about inflation to understand what it actually means. A drop in inflation does not mean the prices of goods are dropping. Thank you for the attention.

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• Ray 2 hours ago

  We can only pray that the author teaches his students the rights.
  
  Many people just do NOT understand what inflation is, period!

  We can only pray that the author teaches his students the rights.
  
  Many people just do NOT understand what inflation is, period!

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• We need pipe borne water in our homes 1 hour ago

  We need pipe borne water in our homesjust now
  Ghana Water Adenta District, residents of Nana Krom need water....... the taps have stopped flowing for weeks......

  We need pipe borne water in our homesjust now
  Ghana Water Adenta District, residents of Nana Krom need water....... the taps have stopped flowing for weeks......

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