A video which has gone viral on
social media, captured the moment some members of Ghana Union of Traders
Association (GUTA) allegedly closed down shops owned by Nigerians in Kumasi,
Ashanti Region's capital on Sunday December 1.
The Ghanaian traders accused
Nigerian traders of violating section 27 of the Ghana Investment Promotion
Centre (GIPC) Act 865, which stipulates that the sale of goods or provision of
services in a market, petty trading or hawking or selling of goods in a stall
at any place in the country must be reserved for Ghanaians.
Other services the Ghanaian
traders claimed must be reserved for its citizens include;
-Operation of taxi or car hire
service in an enterprise that has a fleet of less than twenty-five vehicles
-Operation of a beauty salon or a
barbershop
-Printing of recharge scratch
cards for the use of subscribers of telecommunication services
-Production of exercise books and
other basic stationery
-Retail of finished
pharmaceutical products
-Production and retail of sachet
water.
The GUTA members insisted that
Nigerians are violating the law by using the ECOWAS protocol which allows the
free movement of goods and citizens of the sub-region to trade and do any kind
of business in any place, as backup.
Wife of one the Nigerian traders
who were victims of the incident said "Ghanaian traders at Kwame
Nkrumah Circle, Ghana closed the Nigerian traders shops on Sunday 1st December.
The Nigerians refused to be intimidated, came on Monday morning and broke down
all the pad locks the Ghanaians used to lock the shops...then fight started
with Ghanaians bringing out alot of dangerous weapon, and Nigerians facing then
with full force before. Ghana police was able to control the situation.
Ghanaians want the Nigerian
traders to leave their market...it is not fair as we also have alot of
Ghanaians trading in Nigeria without issues."
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