Ghana: Pre-X’mas Sales – Commodity Prices Decline… but Traders Complain of Low Patronage

With Christmas just days away, Accra’s busy markets are bustling with human movement causing huge traffic, yet traders continue to complain of low patronage and sales.

From Makola to Kantamanto, traders say sales remain unexpectedly low, despite the prices of food and other household items witnessing some price falls in the festive season.

The expectation among traders was that cheaper goods would unlock spending and spark a rush ahead of Christmas, but the opposite is rather the case with bulk…