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• Ghanaians spend twice more on alcoho, tobacco than on food  

Jump to full article: Myjoyonline.com (gh), 2009-12-20

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Ghanaians spend 10.3 per cent of their annual income on alcohol and tobacco, a survey has revealed.

A mere 4.5 per cent of annual earnings is spent on food and other beverages.

Prof. Kofi Awusabo Asare of the Department of Population and Health at the University of Cape Coast, gave the statistics when he delivered a public lecture organised by the Spiritan University College at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region. . . .

Some parts of the country are reeling under what can best be described as debilitating poverty.

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