During the Christmas season, clubs and pubs around the Ashanti Region faced empty shelves and irate customers due to a widespread lack of mini club beer.
This year’s Christmas celebrations in the Ashanti Region took an unexpected turn when a severe mini club beer shortage led guests rushing to drink throughout the festivities.
In the Ashanti Region, operators complained that they had not received mini club beer for the previous two months.
Pubs and bars all around the area reported an unheard-of spike in demand for the well-liked beverage, leaving empty shelves and irate customers as the norm.
Local sellers said that the scarcity was especially bad in neighborhoods like Krofrom, Ashanti Bantama, Adum, Maxima, Asafo, Kwadaso, and others that are well-known for their exciting nightlife.
Despite the fact that alcohol consumption tends to rise during festive seasons, this year’s demand for club beer seemed abnormally high.
Some analysts attributed the increase to the mood of the populace, especially those who favor the main opposition NDC and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), which together account for a sizable portion of the region’s population.
In the presidential and parliamentary elections held on December 7, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) made major advances in areas that have historically been strongholds of the ruling party, while the NPP suffered severe reverses.
The festivities may have served as a means for many NPP supporters to numb their post-election grief. The situation was characterized as unprecedented by bar vendors.
Others made jokes that the people of Ashanti Region were trying to “drink away” the election results.
Ghana’s Accra Brewery Limited produces Club beer, one of the country’s most recognizable alcoholic beverages.
After fruitless attempts to contact the corporation for comment, local distributors disclosed that the shortfall was caused in part by supply chain issues and an unanticipated increase in demand.
Customers are being advised to use their money sensibly, and vendors have promised to better predict demand.
For now, though, the shortage has given Kumasi locals a memorable holiday tale to share: one in which politics, festivities, and a cherished beverage came together.
Source: newsthemegh.com