Ghana: Govt Has Duty to Regulate Cement Prices – Trade and Industry Minister

Trade and Industry Minister, K T Hammond, has underscored the need for the government to intervene to protect the consumer from what he described as the “haphazard” increment in cement prices by manufacturers.

As a result he said, the government had taken the decision to introduce a legislation to control the pricing of the commodity in the country.

His attempt to, however, submit the Legislative Instrument (LI) to the House on Wednesday was blocked by the Minority for lack of consultation.

The…