Some gift shop owners in Koforidua have accused
some pastors for preaching against the celebration of the Saint Valentine’s Day,
regretting that this has resulted in low sales of gift items.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview on Friday, Ms Edith
Adjei, a trader, said for some time now, some pastors in the country have been
preaching against the celebration of Valentine’s Day which had reduced the
interest of most people in the celebration, as compare to previous
years.
She said, valentine period used to be her reaping time but for
some time now, she had been experiencing low sales with this year’s being the
worse of all.
Ms Adjei also attributed the low sales this year to the
economic hardships Ghanaians are going through with the falling of the
cedi.
Ms Adjei said, this year she filled the shop with parcels of gift
with the anticipation of selling them, but as at the time of the visit, only few
items had been sold.
Another shop owner who only gave her name as Afua,
said she went for a loan from the bank to fill her shop with the anticipation
that this year’s celebration would be a bumper harvest for her, but her
expectation had been dashed.
Mr Foster Agbobada, of Unlimited Powers of
God stationery shop said due to the depreciation of the cedi, prizes of items
had gone up therefore people are not patronizing, as compare to last
year.
He expressed the hope that since some people make their shopping in
the evenings, he was expecting to make some sales before the close of the
day.
Some people GNA spoke to even had forgotten the today was a
Valentine day.
According Mr Jonathan Ofosu, a businessman, the day was
not important to him as compared to Christmas, New Year, and Easter.
Some
of the gifts at the shops such as hampers ranged from GHC45.00 to GHC98.00,
boxes of chocolate also ranged ranged from GHC15.00, GHC17.00 and GHC 25.0
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