Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu
Inflation for the month of April 2025 slowed marginally to 21.2%.
The latest figure marks an improvement from the 22.4% recorded in March and reflects the fifth consecutive month of disinflation in 2025.
The drop was influenced by decline in food and non-food inflation compared to the same period for last year.
Food inflation slowed to 25.0% in April from 26.5% in March, while non-food inflation decelerated to 17.9% from 18.7%.
Also, consumer prices fell by 0.8% month-on-month during the period under review
Speaking at a media briefing in Accra, new Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, noted that this is the fifth consecutive decline since December 2024.
He announced that inflation for locally produced items dropped from 24.0% in March to 22.7% in April 2025.
Mr. Iddrisu advised that there is the need to sustain, macro-economic stability and pursue measures to reinforce the downward inflation trend.
“Government must also work hard to sustain social intervention programmes such as the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), Capitation Grant, School Feeding and other programmes that can protect the real income of the poor,” he said.
He added that the government must fast track the implementation of Agriculture for Transformation programme to reduce food inflation.
A Business Desk Report