{"id":23202,"date":"2022-06-09T07:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T07:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=23202"},"modified":"2022-06-09T07:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T07:03:02","slug":"lpg-price-increment-has-caused-anger-among-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/06\/09\/lpg-price-increment-has-caused-anger-among-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"LPG price increment has caused anger among customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many Ghanaians are struggling to afford the cost of re-filling their gas cylinders due to the increased prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).<\/p>\n

Their efforts to minimise the cost of feeding by preparing their own food is being hampered by the excessively high cost of fuel such as the LPG.<\/p>\n

At a time when the cost of food from the restaurant is hitting the roofs, many say their woes have been aggravated as they suffer to fill their cylinders for domestic cooking.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, a resident of Alajo called Deborah, visited the gas station to buy GH\u00a290 worth of gas.<\/p>\n

Filling a 14.5kg gas cylinder would cost her GH\u00a2180 but she could only afford less than half of that.<\/p>\n

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The LPG had run out so she visited the filling station to fill it again but this time around, Deborah could only afford GH\u00a250 out of GH\u00a2180 needed to fill her cylinder fully.<\/p>\n

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Deborah resides in Alajo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIf I want my cylinder to be full, I have to pay GH\u00a2180; even the smallest size is going for about GH\u00a280. It never used to be so; it isn\u2019t easy at all. I would have wished to fill my cylinder fully, but I don\u2019t have enough money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one we used at work cost us GH\u00a2250 and that even lasts a week. If I don\u2019t have money, I\u2019d opt for charcoal,\u201d she said in an interview on\u00a0JoyNews\u2019 monitored by NSEMGH,Living Standard Series on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Some consumers at the gas filling station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For her and others who have come to re-fill their cylinders, the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has become unbearably expensive and erratic.<\/p>\n

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In the last month, the price of LPG has increased at least three times.<\/p>\n

Sylvarius Akentuna, a supervisor at Trinity Gas, is frustrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a 14.5kg cylinder, someone would come to buy only GH\u00a250 of gas to fill it. I mean, how? It\u2019s because of the price increase \u2013 the price is not stable. For instance, last month the 14.5kg was around GH\u00a2148 but recently, it has increased to GH\u00a2152.<\/p>\n

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Sylvarius Akentuna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As of October, 2021, one could refill a gas cylinder for about GH\u00a27.91 per kilogramme. This means a 14.5kg cylinder could cost a little over GH\u00a2114 to refill.<\/p>\n

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However, the price per kilogramme in March this year saw more than 23% rise.<\/p>\n

Consumers coughed out about GH\u00a2142 to afford the same cylinder size \u2013 further price fluctuations last month has worsened the situation.<\/p>\n

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A pump attendant, Maxwell, explained why operations changed from the scale system to the pump system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were operating the scale system, the prices were fixed; it could not be adjusted. But we had to adopt the pump system, so those who cannot afford the increment can also buy.<\/p>\n

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Pump attendant, Maxwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sharing the cost of buying the commodity is a smart survival mode for the likes of Prince, a student at the Ghana Technology University.<\/p>\n

He splits the cost with his roommate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am here to fill my gas cylinder. We ran out some three days ago. I am currently with a roommate; he filled it with barely GH\u00a240 three months ago. So, I am here to fill but I couldn\u2019t even fill it with GH\u00a250 because it actually takes GH\u00a274 to fill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Prince is a student of the Ghana Technology University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is increasingly becoming difficult for breadwinners to buy for dependents.<\/p>\n

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Derek is supposed to squeeze almost GH\u00a2200 out of his income every month, to fill two 7kg cylinders for his mother.<\/p>\n

He loves to support his mother, but he is worried about the price increases is making it difficult for him to cover the cost.<\/p>\n

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Derek says the price increment has affected him greatly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI spent about GH\u00a2148 to fill the two. Basically, they told me one cylinder goes for GH\u00a274 but one cost GH\u00a250 last two weeks. Today as I came, they said one is GH\u00a274.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has really affected everybody as all of us know how the economy is going \u2013 you buy something today, but return tomorrow and everything would have changed.<\/p>\n

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Supervisor Sylvarius Akentuna says the price instability is threatening the business and employment of workers.<\/p>\n

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Consumers in queue waiting for their gas cylinders to be filled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIf the customers are not coming, where is the good for us? There is no goodness in it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Until there is an intervention from the government on the price of gas, Deborah, Prince, Derek, and Sylvarius may turn to charcoal which could go against the government\u2019s goal of protecting the environment.<\/p>\n

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