The Ghana Drunkards Association has threatened to embark on a nationwide protest if the price of alcoholic beverages remains high.
The president of the association, Moses Drybones, in a video shared on the X social media platform on Sunday, gave the government a three-week ultimatum to intervene.
According to him, the Ghanaian currency, the cedi, is performing well against other foreign currencies, and prices of other items have dropped, but prices of alcohol keep rising.
In his words, “To date, the prices of alcoholic drinks keep going up. If you purchase alcohol, there is an increment of about 15%, and this affects vendors.”
A representative of the group added, “We’ve learnt that the cedi has gained some strength and the price of some items has been reduced. However, the cost of alcohol remains high.”
“We are therefore calling on President John Dramani Mahama and his Minister for Trade and Industry to do something about the prices.
“We have given them a three-week grace period to meet us so we can deliberate on how to reduce the prices of alcohol.
“We are not making this call for only alcoholic drinks but for the non-alcoholic ones as well,” the group said.
The cedi is the best performing currency in 2025, it started the year at around ₵15/1 USD, but now trading close to ₵10/1 USD.
