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Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, has fired a riposte at the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Moses Asaga for comparing the new fuel prices in the country to that of Germany.

Moses Asaga, in a quick reply to the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who thinks the Mahama government is "insensitive" to the plight of Ghanaians, told host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" that "in Germany where Nana Akufo-Addo was yesterday, a gallon of petrol is $6.48; in Ghana today, a gallon of petrol is $3.3; in UK last night a gallon of petrol was $7.68…and therefore if we are doing $3, 30 cents a gallon and Amsterdam where we import [our products] from is doing $6.48 per gallon, I think that people shouldn’t take us out as if we are insensitive."

His remarks have however incurred the wrath of some Ghanaians.

Contributing to discussions on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", Kweku Baako Jnr. pointed out that whether the NPA or government likes it or not; "they should be prepared for some public concerns, agitations and things."

According to him, the new price increases will surely been met with public distaste and this is why he (Kweku Baako) found it ridiculous that Moses Asaga would make such comments.

The Senior Journalist added that the issue of fuel price increment has become topical because successive governments tried to assign several reasons to justify their actions but fail to fix the problem.

To him, same reasons were given in previous times when fuel prices hiked up and "two years down the line, (Kwame) the same thing happens. The same reasons are given and yet the burden and the pressures and the hardships remain…People don’t see the relief. The relief which is projected to happen after these hard decisions does not materialize. That is the whole problem.”

Dripping with deep sarcasm, Kweku Baako intoned the NPA boss has been "overfed"; a reason why he doesn't feel the pressures of the ordinary Ghanaian.

"...it’s only somebody who’s been overfed who will say this… I mean it; this is not in reference to him because he is a very good friend of mine, otherwise our friendship may collapse. When you overeat, you don’t see anything and don’t feel the pressure.”