Josh44s:
Just imagine how Ordinary Ghana is treating us. Federal Govt can’t even defend Nigerians living in Ordinary Ghana. Oh my Gawd!

15Ebisco:
Delegations of National Association of Nigerian Traders in Ghana (NANTS) and Nigerian Union of Traders Association, Ghana (NUTAG) on Tuesday stormed Abuja, the nation’s capital to protest against continuous locking of over 400 Nigerian shops in Ghana by the Ghanaian authority.

A protest petition which was addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari was received by Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora in Abuja.

Presenting the petition, Barrister Ken Ukaoha, NANTS President-General, lamented that the discrimination against Nigerian traders in Ghana dated back to 2007 when they were subjected to paying exorbitant taxes geared towards ruining their businesses.

According to him, the Ghanaian authorities passed a law which compels all foreigners to have a minimum of $300,000 USD in 2007 and later increased it to $1 million USD in 2018 as minimum capital to start a business in Ghana.

He opined that Nigerian traders were specifically targeted as over 400 shops belonging to Nigerians were locked up since July 27, 2018 till date despite their various appeals to the appropriate authorities.

Ukaoha said under ECOWAS protocol which Ghana was a signatory, Nigerians should not be branded as foreigners but a community citizen as long as they are carrying ECOWAS passport.

Regrettably, he said a Nigerian, Mrs Stella Upaleke, had committed suicide, because of the huge bank debts the closure had caused her and still in the mortuary in Ghana.

He said despite the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari who took up the matter with his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo-Addo on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York, with a promise that the shops will be re-opened, they have remained shut down.

“The diplomatic relations between the two countries is being threatened with this Ghana behaviour as they are playing politics with means of livelihood of Nigerians in Ghana.

“We have over two million Ghanaians in Nigeria and Nigeria has been treating them well. We had petitioned the National Assembly and ECOWAS on this matter as law abiding citizen who didn’t want to take laws into our hands’’, he said.

Corroborating, Chief Emeka Nnaji, President of NUTAG said that Nigerian goods worth billions of dollars are being locked up with sizeable number of it as perishable.

“We are living in palpable fear in Ghana as they are after our lives. We were beaten and tortured in Ashante region while incredible taxes are imposed on us in order to cripple our businesses’’, he lamented.

Dabiri-Erewa while responding on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari commended them for the mature way the matter was handled and assured them of delivering the petition to the President.

Dabiri-Erewa in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday by her Media Assistant, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, while responding, said she was worried that despite the assurance of President Nana Akufo Addo of Ghana to President Muhammadu Buhari that the shops will be re-opened, and despite an instruction to reopen the shops on Sept 27, the shops still remain closed.

She said, “Let me advise you to continue to be good ambassadors of Nigeria despite provocation. Don’t even think about retaliation as Ghanaians are our brothers”.

The Presidential aide, who commiserated with the family of the deceased Nigerian trader who committed suicide, led others to observe a minute of silence in honour of the deceased.

https://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/10/nigerians-petition-buhari-over-locked.html

Melison:
Ghana??
If we don't wake up small time all these Niger,Chad and some other small countries go soon start give us trouble oo

SIRTee15:
I think it's a matter of Ghana protecting its local retail for her citizens...
It's a common practice all over the world...
Even USA is fighting Hb1 visa because they feel the visa puts American cutizens at a disadvantage compared to immigrants...
ECOWAS is useless anyway n will do nothing...
Most west African countries run an uninspiring restrictive n protective economy where they use every opportunity to tax the hell out of foreigners....

marriedtome:
The only solution is retaliation, Ghanaians in Nigerians should made to feel the heat!!! kill them one by one. let's colonize Ghana and make it our 37th state.

hisexcellency34:
Better petition Atiku so your shops can be opened by May 2019. If you wait for Buhari, your shops will remain under lock till 2023. Buhari doesn't have your time

AmazingELixir:




Ghana protecting its local retail market indeed....what then do we do diswan that China is taking over our own local retail market.. From computer village to idumota down to Alaba international markets.... Chinese national are flooding the market places with goods and clandestinely retailing....

Deepfreezer:
I've told our boys to pack up and leave Ghana. That country is not a place one grows in business.
You fight AMA and witches in Ghana at the same time. Pack and move to another country. Liberia and other African countries are looking for investors.

hisexcellency34:
Better petition Atiku so your shops can be opened by May 2019. If you wait for Buhari, your shops will remain under lock till 2023. Buhari doesn't have your time

panpan:
It's a sad situation, but action still needs to be taken. A relationship between two countries should be based on reciprocity. If one country (in this case Ghana) becomes hostile, then the other country (Nigeria) should fight back. There is such a thing called economic sanctions or retaliatory measures.

On the part of Nigerian traders in Ghana, there is what is called 'plan B'. If the Ghanaian government does not soften its stance against Nigerian traders, then realize that Ghana is not the only country where you can do business. Leave the country. Look for another country that is more business friendly towards Nigerians. You may even campaign against Nigerians going for education in Ghana.

If when you were a 'small boy' (in business), your host country (Ghana) was hostile towards you, is it when you are a 'big boy', with one million dollars or more, that you will now rush to Ghana to go and invest?

Ironi:


Why don't you pack and go back to Nigeria?

Why should Nigerians be running around in other people's country and creating a mess?

Should you always be running away from Nigeria.

Nigeria has vast land, huge population and huge resources and yet you are going to smaller countries who have far less than you have to choke the system there.

What the fck is wrong with you people.

I think I know your problem.

panpan:
It's a sad situation, but action still needs to be taken. A relationship between two countries should be based on reciprocity. If one country (in this case Ghana) becomes hostile, then the other country (Nigeria) should fight back. There is such a thing called economic sanctions or retaliatory measures.

On the part of Nigerian traders in Ghana, there is what is called 'plan B'. If the Ghanaian government does not soften its stance against Nigerian traders, then realize that Ghana is not the only country where you can do business. Leave the country. Look for another country that is more business friendly towards Nigerians. You may even campaign against Nigerians going for education in Ghana.

If when you were a 'small boy' (in business), your host country (Ghana) was hostile towards you, is it when you are a 'big boy', with one million dollars or more, that you will now rush to Ghana to go and invest?

patogist:
Una no go Ghana must go back in the 90s? You better comeback home and send Buhari packing.