{"id":14725,"date":"2022-10-11T17:38:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/?p=14725"},"modified":"2022-10-11T17:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:38:33","slug":"kumasi-traders-shut-down-over-25000-shops-in-protest-of-killer-vat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/kumasi-traders-shut-down-over-25000-shops-in-protest-of-killer-vat\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi Traders Shut Down Over 25,000 Shops In Protest Of Killer VAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of traders in the Kumasi have shut down over 25, 000 shops in protest of what they called killer VAT. The aggrieved traders claimed, the daily increases in the dollar rate have collapsed several businesses already.<\/p>\n<p>People across the country who buy and sell in Kumasi Adum and other parts of the city were all desperate.\u00a0 Over 500 shops in Adum Kumasi have been locked up by VAT officials.<\/p>\n<p>Other traders in Kumasi who didn&#8217;t want to face a similar lacked up have keyed all their shops, leaving the businesses in a total mess.<\/p>\n<p>Many of them said the daily increase in the dollar had badly affected their returns.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14726\" src=\"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-11-at-3.09.41-PM-300x156.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-11-at-3.09.41-PM-300x156.jpeg 300w, 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