{"id":2497,"date":"2020-04-06T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2020-04-06T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:24:23","slug":"covid-19-dont-rush-to-stock-food-unnecessarily-agric-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/covid-19-dont-rush-to-stock-food-unnecessarily-agric-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Don\u2019t rush to stock food unnecessarily \u2013 Agric Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theghanareport.com\/<\/a> | 30 March 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has advised against panic buying in the wake of the partial lockdown announced in parts of the country.<\/p>\n

The lockdown forms part of measures by the government to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has so far claimed five lives in the country.<\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo announced the lockdown in Greater Accra, parts of the Central Region and Kumasi.<\/p>\n

Following this announcement, several markets in Accra and Kumasi witnessed massive patronage ahead of the implementation of the lockdown on March 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

Market women also took undue advantage of the situation to increase the price of foodstuff astronomically.<\/p>\n

But speaking at a press briefing Monday, the minister said there was plenty of food to cater for the needs of Ghanaians during the lockdown period hence, there was no need to engage in panic buying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m prepared to bet that in the next week or two, prices of goods will come back to normal\u2026 There\u2019s more than enough food in the system. They don\u2019t need to rush to stock up because this is not a war situation. We\u2019re talking about just two weeks and with a possible extension of the movement depending on whether we\u2019re successful with what we want to do, in two weeks, it\u2019ll come to normal. So, it is a very odd period of interruption. There\u2019s no need to stock up,\u201d <\/em>he said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ghana\u2019s COVID-19 cases stood at 152 as of March 30, 2020, with five deaths and two recoveries.<\/p>\n

Ten Guinean nationals who came into Ghana through Burkina Faso and Togo tested positive for the virus in Tamale after they were put in mandatory quarantine.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said government was in talks with the government of Guinea for the possible repatriation of its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theghanareport.com\/ | 30 March 2020 The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has advised against panic buying in the wake of the partial lockdown announced in parts of the country. The lockdown forms part of measures by the government to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has so far claimed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-codvid19"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t