His call comes on the back of the high rate at which building materials such as sand, stones, cement, iron rods and the likes are selling on the market. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, Mr Kwarteng said the situation must be addressed to prevent any further increment in the prices of other building-related services. Indeed, I have heard complaints that even water supply to construction sites and construction labour have all become unusually more expensive. We know that Parliament has not passed any law that could have added any tax or levy to the prices of these items,” he said. Currently, a bag of cement is selling at about GH¢48 and a full truck of sand and stone is ranging between GH¢1,300 to GH¢1,600.

Source: GhanaWeb July 10, 2021 17:03 UTC