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NPP communications hopeful asks voters to weigh cheap utilities against low inflation

Dennis Miracles Aboagye contrasted a government that keeps inflation and the dollar rate down with one that keeps electricity, fuel and water cheap.

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Dennis Miracles Aboagye, who is seeking to become the NPP's National Communications Director, put a choice to voters, JoyNews (YouTube) reported. He asked whether they would rather have cheap electricity, fuel and water at the cost of high inflation and a high dollar rate, or inflation and the dollar rate kept low with dearer electricity, fuel and water.

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  • JoyNews (YouTube) reported that Mr Aboagye posed this trade-off to voters as a question, setting high inflation and a high dollar rate alongside lower prices for electricity, fuel and water, against the reverse.

Why it matters for Ghana

Electricity, fuel and water bills, along with inflation and the dollar rate, shape what households and traders in Ghana pay every month. A party figure's framing of that trade-off shows how the cost of living is being argued in political debate.

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