On Thursday, October 31st, members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) close up retailers owned by Nigerians in 5 markets in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region capital.
It was the second time this year the association would shut Nigerian-owned retailers, claiming it absolutely was waging a war on foreigners doing retail business within the country.
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GUTA says foreign retailers flout section twenty seven of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act 865, that forbids their involvement within the sale of products or provision of services in a very market, petty mercantilism or hawking or marketing of products in a very stall at anywhere should be reserved for Ghanaians.
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The law additionally bans foreigners from in operation taxis, beauty salons, marketing medication, production and sale of bag water, among others. The markets wherever Nigerian traders were prevent were in Kejetia, Suame Magazine, Adum and Asafo.
GUTA promotional material Officer, prince consort Mensah Offei, told Joy FM that the action can shortly be extended to alternative components of the country. However, in line with Ghanaweb.com, the action of the association is being taken as a return for the closure of the Nigerian land border, that has affected traders within the West African region.
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GUTA recently noted that the closure of Nigeria’s trade borders to African country and different neighboring countries is an outright breach of ECOWAS treaties. The President of the Association, Joseph Obeng who spoke to Accra-based Joy FM noted that the Foreign Affairs Ministry and therefore the ECOWAS parliament have did not check Federal Republic of Nigeria. He argued that this is often enough proof that each one treaties and protocols beneath ECOWAS being ineffective.
“Nigeria has blatantly flouted ECOWAS protocol if there’s even one thing like that. astonishingly, the foreign affairs ministry has did not cope with this issue, no one is rebuke this issue and for 2 months Ghanian product are fast up in Federal Republic of Nigeria. This act by the Nigerian government nullifies the complete ECOWAS written agreement on the free movement of individuals and product,” he said.
