Sales gown down, Ghana @ 50 paraphernalia goes up

Accra, March 5, GNA - Normal sales of goods and services in and around
the various markets in Accra have gone down due to high purchase in
Ghana @ 50 anniversary paraphernalia.
A market survey at Tema station and some parts of Makola
markets showed that Ghana @ 50 products such as bracelets, necklace,
earrings, poly bags, cloths, T- shirt, scarf and pencils were in high
demand.
The prices of paraphernalia ranging between 5,000 cedis and
150,000 cedis were the items on the bill of most buyers and even the
ordinary Ghanaian.
Some sellers the GNA spoke to, hinted that buying and selling of
consumables as well as other hard wares had gone down drastically.
Mame Ama, a second hand cloth seller at the Tema station market said,
"I am packing to go home because business is bad today," and this of
course is the cry of many shop owners on the eve of Ghana's
Independence Day anniversary.
5 March 07