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Media Foundation leads fight against hate speech

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BERNICE BESSEY
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Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is spearheading regulation on hate speech to guide the public and prevent the state from being thrown into chaos.

The Foundation finds this necessary, as in the run up to the 2020 elections, it recorded over 500 comments on about 100 media platforms relating to hate speech.

The Foundation, in order to preserve the peace, cohesion and democracy of the country, on Wednesday, this week, engaged stakeholders on how hate speech could be nipped in the bud. The engagement was held under the theme: “Media, hate speech and democratic consideration in Ghana.”

Suggesting how hate speech could be curtailed, the Chairman of the National Peace Council, Reverend Dr. Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, urged the media to exercise caution on what information they churn out on their platforms.

According to him, Ghana would lose her status as the gateway to Africa, if the media did not eschew negative communication and rather build on positivity of diversity for better growth and development in all sectors of the country. “We need to develop a robust media framework that is able to prevent hate, indecent and abusive expressions,” he said.

Dr. Adu-Gyamfi added that the use of hate speech and other forms of indecent expressions in the media space if not checked could potentially get worse and emergence of serious disturbances.

He also blamed the menace on the decline of professional standards of ethical journalism, as well as the influx of political ownership of the media houses. He indicated that the country continued to soar high on the Global Peace Index, which was a great feat that must be jealously guarded.

Explaining, he noted that peace attracts development and foreign direct investments, as no one would to do business in a conflict-prone country hence the need to protect the nation’s peace.

The Executive Director of the MFWA, Mr. Sulemana Braimah, in his remarks, said there was the need for deeper reflections on how to strengthen and consolidate Ghana’s democracy.

“The need for such reflections on democratic consolidation in Ghana have become even more critical given the overwhelming evidence of democratic recession around the world generally, and our region of West Africa in particular.”

“Such introspection has become necessary because as a nation, we are witnessing a number of fractures that do not only undermine democracy, but point to systemic fragilities that have great potential to weaken and undermine the strength and resilience of our democracy,” he added.

He mentioned that one of the greatest threats to democracy is hate speech, which is sometimes perpetrated under the guise of robust political rhetoric.

The problem of hate speech, he said, was also being aided largely by unregulated, a highly partisan traditional media sphere, and the use of social media platforms.

Ahead of the 2020 general elections, he revealed that his outfit documented as many as 582 incidents of indecent campaign language on radio.

He said out of the number, there were 313 incidences of insulting and offensive remarks, followed by 202 incidents of unsubstantiated allegations and 28 incidents of comments inciting violence.

While these types of expressions may not necessarily pass for a typical hate speech, Mr Braimah said they certainly constituted potent precursors to hate speech.

According to him, Ghana’s democracy had endured challenges of corruption, weak public institutions and bad governance “but it may not have the capacity to endure yet another threat as serious as politics of hate speech.”

He said “the early signs are clear and we cannot afford to wait for a full blown hate speech pandemic before we act,” he stressed.

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Albert Dwumfour, urged media professionals and proprietors to be wary of engaging people, “especially those whose specialty is inciting citizens through hate speech.”

Security man jailed 22 years for attacking resident whilst naked

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A 28-year-old private security man, Alhassan Abdul Rahuf has been sentenced to a total of 22 years in prison, after having found guilty of stabbing a resident of an apartment he was guarding.

Rahuf broke into residence of the victim, changed into the latter’s husband’s clothes before stabbing her twice in the abdomen while she was dressing up.

The victim was compelled by the incident to run out naked in search of help.

Based on these offences, Rahuf was found guilty  on the count of unlawful entry and causing harm.

The court presided over by His Honour Isaac Addo sentenced the accused yesterday to 15 years for unlawful entry and seven years for causing. However, the convict would serve 15 years imprisonment because the counts will run concurrently.

The facts of the case as presented by the prosecuting officer Chief Inspector Jonas Lawer were that Rita Owusu, facility manager of Arabella Residence located at Cantonments, the complainant.

He added that the victim (name withheld) is a businesswoman and a resident of Arabella residence whilst convict was a security guard with Protea Coin Security Company, which provides security services for the Arabella residence.

Nevertheless, on April 28, 2023, at about 7:10am, the  convict who was on guard duty at above mentioned residence sort permission from his supervisor to use the washroom but failed to return back to post.

Meanwhile, C/Insp Lawyer said the convict after using the washroom went to the apartment of the victim and entered it through the children’s playroom window.

Accused changed himself into the victim’s husband’s clothes and left his uniform and boots in a polythene bag in the victim children’s playroom and hid himself.

On the next day, April 29 ay about 1:30pm, the victim was dressing up when all of a sudden the convict appeared on her naked at the bedroom.

The victim shouted for help but the convict rushed into the kitchen, picked a knife and a meat fork, and stabbed her twice in the abdomen with the meat fork.

The victim started bleeding profusely, and therefore, rushed out of the room naked.

The convict on the other hand, also rushed out and cut one of the electric fence wires and scaled over the wall to escape.

The victim was rushed the police hospital for treatment by a neighbour and still on admission.

Intelligence led to the arrest of the convict at a nearby construction site.

He admitted the offence in his cautioned statement and led police to retrieve his security uniform kept in the victim’s room.

C/Ins Lawer told the court that after investigations the convict was charged with the offences.

Editorial: Kudos to BoG for publishing unlicensed lending services, but…

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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) yesterday published a list of ninety seven unlicensed entities engaged in financial lending services.

According to the BoG, it had observed the persistent operations of unlicensed entities that were engaged in the provision of loans through mobile applications to the Ghanaian public.

This act, according to the Central Bank, was in contravention of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930). The Chronicle applauds the BoG for taking this action, and it shows that it is up to the task.

The Bank reiterated that the activities of these entities significantly breach customer data and privacy laws, as well as consumer protection requirements and norms, with unfavourable implications on the integrity and wellbeing of their patrons.

These unlicensed bodies are able to ‘steal’ staff phone numbers in order to text them to come for loans.

With the Ghana Card being linked to our bank accounts, phone sims and driver’s license among others, it is incumbent on the government to enhance infrastructure and digital capacity, as well as cyber security.

The operations of unlicensed financial companies have been a major challenge in the last few years, with investors sometimes losing huge sums of money.

These unlicensed entities grant loans to customers through electronic platforms with higher interest rates. It is a good thing that the BoG has partnered the security agencies to crack down on them. A lot of ignorant people have fallen victim to this.

People look for loan entities online, sign up with all their credentials in order to apply for a quick loan, and these entities end up having access to all their private information.

The Chronicle is happy that the Bank of Ghana has promised to take action against these entities, in collaboration with the relevant state agencies, to promote the integrity of financial service delivery.

The general public should desist from doing business with unlicensed loan providers. Banks, Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions and Payment Service Providers are cautioned not to facilitate the illegal transactions of unlicensed loan applications.

The general public is also encouraged to patronise the various types of digital credit products approved by the Bank of Ghana and delivered by banks and specialised deposit-taking institutions, in partnership with mobile money operators.

These loan facilities are accessed remotely through mobile money wallets without the need for collateral, and adheres to the relevant consumer protection and data privacy laws.

Ghana’s economy, like many others, is still recovering from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite this, the mobile money industry in Ghana enjoyed a big boost during the pandemic.

Ghana launched one of the first interoperable systems in Africa, which allows transactions between different telecom service providers in Ghana.

We have been identified as one of the biggest mobile money markets in Africa and this is where the BoG should up the ante to protect the digital financial space.

The Bank of Ghana should not go to sleep after the publication of the list of unlicensed entities engaged in financial lending services because there are a lot of susceptible people out there who will easily fall prey to these illegal activities.

In fact, with the emergence of digital financial services it is about time government intervenes with policies to protect people who want to take advantage of digital financial services.

The Chronicle is also using this platform to advise people  to stay away from these unscrupulous financial institutions, because when their money gets locked up, the government cannot help them to have their money refunded. A word to the wise…

Assin North: NPP Communication team in near fatal accident

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Richard Ahiagba ( left) Ellis Otabil (middle) George Krobea Asante ( right)

A team of communicators of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Sunday survived a near fatal road accident while returning to Assin Breku from a campaign event at Bedi Adua, in the Assin North constituency.

According to a reliable source, the incident occurred when the driver of the Mitsubishi pickup vehicle they were travelling in, suddenly lost control in a sharp curve.

The occupants were the Deputy National Director of Communication, George Krobea Asante; Effutu Constituency Communication Officer, Ellis Otabil and a member of the Central Regional Communication team, Mr. Francis Nketsiah.

The car, according to information gathered by the paper, somersaulted before it landed on its side and trapped all the occupants.

The Effutu Constituency Communication Officer, Ellis Otabil, who confirmed the incident to The Chronicle, indicated that it took the timely intervention of another team to rescue them.

“Director of communication, Richard Ahiagbah and Central Regional communication Director, Mr. Isaac Mensah who heard of the incident came to our rescue and got us out of the car,” he said.

“Thank God none of us suffered any major or open cut injuries, so they quickly rushed us to the St Francis Hospital at Assin Foso, where we were treated and discharged at about 10pm the same day,” he added.

Heavy weights of the NPP have stormed the Assin North constituency to campaign for the party, ahead of the June 27, 2023 by-election to find a replacement for Mr James Gyakye Quayson.

Help fight climate change, terrorism …Akufo-Addo pleads with 6 new envoys

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President Akufo-Addo, presenting an Instrument of Appointment to H.E. Samuel Yao Kumah, High Commissioner to Canberra, Australia at Jubilee House

President Akufo-Addo has charged six new envoys of Ghana to fight against the threat of climate change and terrorism, among others.

The President told the envoys that the charge was part of their responsibilities as Ghana’s representatives at the multilateral levels.

“Part of your responsibilities at the multi-lateral level is to work with the governments of your accreditations to assist in the prosecution of our common agenda, in the fight against the scourge of armed conflicts, terrorism and violent extremism, the threats of climate change and the illicit outflow of funds from Africa.

President Akufo- Addo, in a photograph with the newly sworn-in High Commissioner and Ambassadors at Jubilee House

While at it, you also have the onerous responsibility of promoting the image of the country, whose reputation among the comity of nations continues to be high,” he said.

President Akufo-Addo said these on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at a ceremony to swear in a High Commissioner and five Ambassadors, held at Jubilee House.

RECOVERY

President Akufo-Addo told the envoys that their appointments have come at a time when nations are on the road to recovery, following the twin devastating impacts of COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukraine war.

He reminded them of the measures Ghana has taken to support the recovery process by securing a US$3 billion extended credit facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

He directed them to ensure that at their various duty posts, they pursue the interest of Ghana to support government’s efforts, which are aimed at ensuring economic growth and development.

“We [Ghana] are considered a beacon of democracy in Africa. You are the most visible symbol of our country out there and in all your actions, you must guard jealously our country’s image.

“I am confident this is a charge you will keep,” President Akufo-Addo said.

THE ENVOYS

The six Ghanaian career diplomats were sworn into office by President Akufo-Addo at a ceremony and included the immediate past Director of state protocol, Ambassador Samuel Yao Kumah, who is now Ghana’s High Commissioner to Australia. He will be stationed in Canberra, the capital city.

Until last Wednesday, Ambassador Kumah led President Akufo-Addo to all his public assignments for the past three years.

The other envoys are; Doris Adzo Denyo Brese, Ambassador to Czechia, stationed in Prague; Mohammed Habib Idris, Ambassador to Kuwait, stationed in Kuwait City; Kingsford Amoako, Ambassador to Liberia, who will be in Monrovia; Mark Michael Entsie, Ambassador to Libya, to be in Tripoli and Alex Owiredu Adu, Ambassador to Niger, to be stationed in Niamey.

At the swearing-in ceremony by President Akufo-Addo, the envoys swore the oaths of allegiance, office and secrecy and received their instruments of appointment in turn. All six envoys then signed the oath book, followed by the president.

COMMENDATION

In his address, President Akufo-Addo singled out Ambassador Kumah for special mention, commending him for his exceptional service as Director of state protocol over the past three years.

“He has been at my side since he assumed this role some three years ago, during which time he has served with commitment, competence, diligence, honesty, humility and integrity,” President Akufo-Addo said.

“I am extremely sad to see him go, but at the same time happy to see that his decades of service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he once served as Chief of Protocol for three years, have today been rewarded with the highest position available at the ministry,” the president said.

DIPLOMATIC DÉMARCHE

In his response to President Akufo-Addo on behalf of his five colleagues, the new high commissioner to Australia, Samuel Kumah, expressed their appreciation to the president for finding it worthy to appoint them to represent Ghana overseas.

“We are taking on our new assignment at a critical juncture in world history characterized by a rise in geopolitical tensions, a weakening of multilateralism, and a failing global financial situation,” he said.

“Fortunately, you have set the agenda for us. We will, therefore, leverage this to seek the enlightened self-interest of Ghana in our diplomatic démarche,” High Commissioner Kumah said.

“We will forge closer ties and collaboration with all of Ghana’s bilateral partners, drive foreign investment into Ghana, foster greater links with the Diasporan community and ensure the protection of all Ghanaians who reside in the various jurisdictions, to which we have been posted,” he pledged.

Self-employed advised to join SSNIT

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Mr Charles Akwei Garshong, Public Affairs Manager, SSNIT, speaking to the media.

In order to ensure that informal sector workers receive regular incomes while on retirement, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has intensified its Self-Employed Enrollment Drive (SEED) initiative.

The SEED is to encourage all self-employed to sign up onto the SSNIT scheme to ensure a brighter future. According to SSNIT, the move was to enable this group of people have income replacement in the future, as a result of old age or permanent invalidity. It is also to help reduce old age poverty.

“By registering to be part of the SSNIT scheme, it means in case you are no more, your dependent or children will not be left unattended to,” Mr. Charles Akwei Garshong, Public Affairs Manager, SSNIT, told journalists at a sensitisation program in Accra.

Mr. Garshong noted that SSNIT had a mandate to ensure that people receive incomes when they retire and that can only be possible when they have been enrolled onto the scheme.

He revealed that out of the 6.7 million self-employed people in Ghana, only 38,000 had enrolled onto the SSNIT scheme, while the rest had not.

He also indicated that many self-employed were unable to retire even though they felt the need to do so.  He attributed this to the fear of not having regular incomes once on retirement.

“So we are out there to ensure that we, as an organisation, the mandate placed on us, we are able to achieve and by achieving that mandate we will even help reduce government expenditure on some social intervention programmes …”

How to join

Mr. Garshong indicated all one needed to be able to join the scheme is to have a Ghana card and then walk into any SSNIT office to register.

Mode of Payment

On mode of payment, Mr. Charles Akwei Garshong indicated that there would be no need to walk to a SSNIT office to make payment. According to him, customers can simply pay via mobile money or pay with a debit card on the SSNIT portal.

“But for those who would want to come to the office, it is still open and they can do so”, he said.

Additionally, he said, the SSNIT team will set up their tents in communities and those who want to make payment can do so. But he advocated strongly for payment to be done online since the country is gradually digitising its activities.

Govt’ making a frantic effort towards STEM education -Rev. Ntim Fordjour

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Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, Deputy Minister for Education in charge of General Education

A frantic effort is been made by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government to increase access to the study of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-related courses at all levels of education in the country.

The Deputy Minister for Education in charge of General Education, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, who announced this, mentioned some of the interventions being made as the introduction of the Pre-Engineering programme, construction of several STEM institutions across the country, and revamping of the study of STEM education among others.

Rev. Ntim Fordjour, who was speaking at the launching of the 20th Anniversary of the School of Engineering Sciences (SES) at the University of Ghana, Legon, on Wednesday, also mentioned the introduction of the study of Engineering, Robotics and Coding at the Senior High School level, as well as the construction of several science laboratories, as other measures being put in place to boost the teaching and learning of STEM-related courses in all schools.

The Deputy Minister, who is a Mineral Engineer by profession, challenged the School of Engineering Sciences to position itself for an increase in its intake for more Engineers Sciences students in their institution to help train more STEM graduates to support the development of the nation’s transformation agenda.

Rev. Ntim Fordjour was upbeat that should the state of transformation of STEM education continue for a couple of years, there was no way the country could not have the required number of professionals to support the development of the nation’s economy.

He praised the founding members of the SES, the staff, management, and all other partners who had contributed in diverse ways towards the feat chalked so far by the institution.

The Deputy Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Assin South, pledged the Education Ministry’s preparedness towards deepening its relationship with the SES to help train more students to support the manpower needs of the country, and the rest of the world.

The Dean of the SES, Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, in her welcome address, stated that the institution, which started in 2003 with 31 students, now had 1,246.

She was full of praise to all its students and industrial partners for their support towards the development of the institution.

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, in an address read for her, pledged to continue creating an enabling environment for effective teaching and learning to take place.

She assured the nation of her readiness to put in place the right measures to ensure that their students received the best training so they could support the development of the nation’s economy.

As part of the year-long anniversary, several activities have been slated for different dates across the country by the SES.

The event was used to launch a programme of activities for the anniversary, the SES anthem and a logo as well as a ceremonial cloth to be used during the celebration.

By Felix Baidoo

Letter to Senior Opupulepu (234)

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Them dey say … Hmmm … That our Omanhene’s Chief Aplanke no bi Ogyakromian!

Dear Senior Opupulepu,

How are you do? As me and all my mines, we are do fine, thank you.

Senior, Ogyakromians will never seize, or is it cease, okay let me write proper brofo. Ogyakromians will never seasthe opportunity to amaze.

Senior, our Omanhene’s chief aplanke has in his direct assistant or better still secondary in command, the Walewalena My-Mood Bar-Owner, who is said to have inherited from the Land of Long-Noses, to be precise, from Nana Charse-Keley’s home village, Ngleshie, not the one near Jejeti hamlet.

Senior, our one and only Walewalena, has set many records in Ogyakrom. To begin with, he is an Allah-Kubala from birth and as you know the Allah-Kubalas are not in agreement with those who follow Yahweh’s Son, Yesu Christus Emmanuel in spirit and in truth.

Senior, the Allah-Kubalas are saying that Yahweh cannot sire any pikin because of His age, as Ancient of Days, there is no way He can catch any woman to do sweetie-sweetie muah-muah with. According to them, Yahweh is tooadvanced in age and do not cannot go after women, so, how can He sire a pikin?

Senior, what even confuses the Allah-Kubala the more, is that, the Yesu Christus Emmanuel people are claiming that Yesu Christus and Yahweh are One and the Same together with Spiritus Sanctus. That cannot be possible.

Senior, because of this, no Allah-Kubala will look at a Yesu Christus kiosk, let alone join them to celebrate the Christus-Metro Mass festival.

Senior, this was so until My-Mood entered into the world. As we speak, he has two baptismal cards. One was from the Allah-Kubala kiosk and the other was from the I-Will-Buy-And-Eat as in Metor-Medi church. In short, My-Mood is the only person who has been truly born and born-again.

Senior, and again, this My-Mood pikin was very sharp and brilliant in skuul. He went from stage to stage and established blue kiosks of learning and education. So, he was known as Bar-Owner. He taught Ogyakromians how to buy koobi from the market while sitting on your bed at home.

Senior, blue kiosks serve ogyateshie, which is distilled in Bubuashie, sampled in Kaneshie, bottled in Laterbiokoshie, packaged in Awoshie, warehoused in Agbogbloshie, retailed in Balaweshie and drunk in Teshie.

Senior, the Allah-Kubala people do not like getting close to ogyateshie and any of its associates, but even though My-Mood is a Bar-Owner, they are scared to sack him from the clan.

Senior, as things stand, here we have someone who is both an Allah-Kubala and Yesu Christus follower. He is an Alhaji Bishop, the first ever in ewiase. As things stand, those who are laughing at My-Mood Bar-Owner, will laugh at the wrong side of their mouths on the day Yahweh will sit in judgment during the final examinations’ day. My-Mood will fully answer questions centred on Allah-Kubala and all questions on Yesu Christus as well.

Senior, I will advise you to start making friends with My-Mood so that he will give you some apor, so that on the examination day, you would have known all the questions without the invigilator knowing that you had acquired the examination questions before the examinations.

Senior, one can say Walewalena My-Mood Bar-Owner, is a man of wonders and wonderful works. Recently, it came out that just as he is both in Allah’s camp and Yesu’s as well, he is also an Ogyakromian and Ngleshian. WHOW!!! Combing WHAT and HOW!!!

Senior, if it is his for-better-for-worse who is accused of being a Long-Nose, I will not argue. Auntie Samina is touch-light skin and has a medium long-nose. But My-Mood is charcoal coloured, and pygmy nose.

Senior, but there is one thing that betrays his ancestry of the Long-Noses. He can smile and laugh by-heart. You see these Long-Noses are always laughing and smiling and these can be found in Walewalena My-Mood Bar-Owner.

Senior, so what in the ewiasi did those enemies of progress see in Walewalena My-Mood Bar-Owner that makes them see him as a non-Ogyakromian? Is it petty jealousy or is it that they are from witches’ camps?

Senior, or is because My-Mood can speak obroni speech so impeccably? If that is the case, then why did they not say that the Great Leopard Nana Onsurowuo Owubia Ye Owuo is a non Ogyakromian?

Senior, when Nana speaks obroni speech, you will think it is the late Ohenma Lizzy who is speaking. When he speaks obroni speech, not a single member of the Umbrella clan understands him. It is like they are still in their My First Copy Book days and the Great Leopard is speaking like university oral Nglish professor.

Senior, the Umbrella clan do not like the Great Leopard but are afraid to say so. They have decided to attack the meek and humble and calm, Walewalena My-Mood Bar-Owner, instead. They have credited lots of ogyateshie and kpokeke from his bar and they have not paid anything.

Senior, knowing that soon, our School Prefect, the man who smiles and kisses, Kissi-Kissing Agyabeng, but is very wicked well, well, will invite them for afternoon kooko and koose but arrest them like he did to one Prof, they want to have our Walewalena My-Mood Bar-Owner locked up before such invitation comes.

Senior, I am Dan, sorry I am done.

It’s me!

Lagos State University student breaks record, to graduate with 5.0 CGPA

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Aminat Yusuf is the best-graduating student

Ahead of its 26th convocation ceremony, the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has announced Aminat Yusuf as the best-graduating student with a cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 in its 40 years history.

The university said Ms Yusuf from the Faculty of Law will be rewarded with N500,000 cash prize.

The Vice Chancellor of LASU, Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, who disclosed this in her address at a pre-convocation press briefing on Wednesday, said the ceremony would feature those who graduated during the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions.

Mrs Olatunji-Bello noted that the university would graduate 10,183, of which 282 students obtained First Class in different fields.

She explained that while Ms Yusuf tops the first-class graduates for the 2021/2022 academic session, Feyisayo Lopez from the Department of Physiology, College of Medicine emerged as the best for the 2020/2021 session with a 4.91 CGPA.

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Inflation hits 22.41%, amid petrol subsidy removal

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Inflation rises

Amid the removal of subsidy on petrol, Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 22.41 percent in May 2023, up from 22.22 percent in April 2023.

This is according to the May inflation data contained in the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The CPI measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services.

The report stated that the May 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.19% points when compared to April 2023 headline inflation rate.

“Similarly, on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 4.70% points higher compared to the rate recorded in May 2022, which was (17.71%).

“This shows that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in the month of May 2023 when compared to the same month in the preceding year.

“Likewise, on a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in May 2023 was 1.94%, which was 0.03% higher than the rate recorded in April 2023 (1.91%).

This means that in the month of May 2023, on the average, the general price level was 0.03% higher relative to April 2023, according to the NBS.

The report also disclosed that percentage change in the average CPI for the twelve months period ending May 2023 over the average of the CPI for the previous twelve months period was 21.20%, showing 4.75% increase compared to 16.45% recorded in May 2022.

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