Ghana’s government is working on a new policy to buy oil products with gold rather than US dollar reserves, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia told on Facebook. The move is meant to tackle dwindling foreign currency reserves coupled with demand for dollars by oil importers, which is weakening the local cedi and increasing living costs.

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