Just30:
why would you ask that?

Ghana does not care about your market size
there is no value in it for Ghana and that is why, Ghana does very little trade with Nigeria.

What we produce, you can't afford to buy.
If we supply you electricity today, your pocket would not be able to afford it.

chrisagyei:
****did you hear her.Nigerian goods are entering into Ghana freely buh you refuse these trucks who had already set off entry so they want to even return back.And GUTA was told to open Nigerian shops and stop the protest because you Nigerians run to these same ECOWAS to cry free trade agreement. Over 400 Nigerian shops were locked in just one town in another city called Kumasi alone which was just a spare parts dealership town.Imagine the millions of Nigerians who will go hungry in Ghana had GUTA locked up your shops and closed Nigerian retail businesses throughout Ghana. They just sounded a warning to the minister to inform you that if Ghana retaliates, it will be very ugly so stop saying trash.

Just30:
something is wrong with you

It is totally wrong for any country in West Africa to impede trade.
Ghana careless how long the Nigerian border is closed for.

But Ghana will not watch Nigeria carry out with it unfair trade practices against its neighbouring countries.

OwenDesired:
Ghana is now feeling the heat.
O how I wish we have land border with South Africa.

seankafor:

Lol..watch ? When we already carrying ot out..

What do you think ghana can do to Nigeria?

OwenDesired:
Ghana is now feeling the heat.
O how I wish we have land border with South Africa.

Just30:
Drag Nigeria before both ECOWAS and ITO
before Ghana stops importing gas from Nigeria.

When we stop, Togo and Benin will also stop importing your gas.
Ghana can easily divert the West African Gas Pipeline from an intake From Nigeria and contract Equatorial Guinea to supply the three countries with gas and soon to be a member; Ivory coast

Jesse25:

Ur mad ....sold out fuckiin citizen

Logobenz0:

backnbeta:

You think those closed naija shops in Ghana define the economy of Nigerians living in Nigeria? I don't support the bad Belle border closure, but I don't see how Guta's threat in Ghana have any effect...the worst they'll do is to close the shops again

mofedamijo:


lol, you have a point, but you don't understand the dynamics of import/export and its impact on the economy.
Let me help you, Nigeria exports to Ghana because Ghana needs those goods badly, Nigeria can easily export to other countries, now if Ghana decides to close its borders to Nigerian goods, Ghana will have to go else where to get it, this will mean them spending more and their consumers will spend more to get the goods. Example is this, if you buy a tuber of yam from ogun state, its cheaper for you, because ogun state is closer, however, if you choose to buy from calabar, you will have to pay more for transportation of the yam, you wonder why Ghana hasn't closed its borders to Nigeria, they should try it for 20hours only. I weep for Nigeria, if Nigeria had taken its rightful place in the continent, honestly, most countries will be begging us to accept visa free, they will beg us for every thing, i hope we get it soon, i pray so.

psychologygh:
Check the amount of exports Ghana exports to Nigeria compared to what Nigeria exports to Ghana. Ghana doesn't need any ECOWAS and if there's a trade war,Nigeria loses 159 million dollars whilst Ghana loses just 80 million dollars. Ghana exports over 17 billion dollars of goods worldwide just in 2018 and Nigeria is not even among top 10 export countries of Ghana even in Africa.All our products are exported outside Africa.Its the millions of Nigerians and their businesses in Ghana who loses not Ghana so think well before trying anything foolish with us.We never rely on your zoo.We're not Benin Republic. It's just that those trucks had already set off so they don't know if they should return back. If they do and we start retaliating, hope you don't cry xenophobia again.Why do you think your ambassador said Ghana is not the target so he will forward it to your authorities to let those trucks in.He knows if Ghana charges,you people will start crying all over the place

psychologygh:
We import over 18 billion dollars of goods all over the world so 159 million dollars is chicken feed to Ghana and does not even make up 0.7% of imports into Ghana. They are all Dangote cement and smuggled Nigerian retail products into Ghana and when we block them,nothing will be felt.We already have a larger cement industries in Ghana so I don't know how you see yourself that Ghana needs Nigeria.In which way.We don't even know your country exist so go and sit somewhere.

psychologygh:
are you alright. Check the amount of exports Ghana exports to Nigeria compared to what Nigeria exports to Ghana. Ghana doesn't need any ECOWAS and if there's a trade war,Nigeria loses 159 million dollars whilst Ghana loses just 80 million dollars. Ghana exports over 17 billion dollars of goods just in 2018 and Nigeria is not even among top 10 export countries of Ghana even in Africa.All our products are exported outside Africa.Its the millions of Nigerians and their businesses in Ghana who loses not Ghana so think well before trying anything foolish with us.We never rely on your zoo.We're not Benin Republic. It's just that those trucks had already set off so they don't know if they should return back. If they do and we start retaliating, hope you don't cry xenophobia again.

saajus:
Una don talk well. Great Analysis. Your analysis is perfect if we are dealing with sane climes. Ali said, since the border closure Nigeria Customs is now generating over 5Billion Naira daily which is like 2-2.5Billion more than what we used to generate. Let's use 2Billion Naira as an example, 2 x 365, that's 730Billion Naira ($2.05Billion). Baba, $2.05B don nullify all those losses altogether if you combine all West African countries. Aside from that, locals are also making great gains. In the same vein, we won't be subsidizing smuggled fuel for Benin, Togo, Ghana & Co. In fact, a rice mill owner in Jigawa said his company sold half of the stock that has been kept for one year in one week. He just employed hundreds of youths cos he can't keep up with demands.
Border closure can never be the answer but, I think Naija Govt is using this to send a warning to Benin Rep. The smuggling is free flow in that border. Too easy. I think Benin Govt stylishly encourages it. I'm not denying the fact that we have our own corruption problem too. How can a country of 11million people suddenly become 6th Largest Rice importer in the world? Who dey chop am? Naija Govt is losing over $45Billion annually because of loopholes. Chinese guys dey cut rosewood almost free in NW/NE, losing $2Billion annually. Illegal mining in NW, losing $1Billion annually. Oil theft in Niger Delta, losing $12Billion annually according to nigerianrc report in 2018. I believe oil theft is much more, it's around $20B annually. Who is taking advantage of those loopholes? The rich. Abi, me and you fit snuggle 25 tankers/drums (25 x 20k Liters) of fuel in one day. 500k Liters. That's what Ali guys seized from one badass smuggler a few days ago. Imagine if all those are sold for 316 Naira/Liter (official PMS price) in Benin Rep. That is subsidized fuel bought for 142 Naira/Liter in Naija. That's why I pity citizens wey dey praise some of our Elites, dem no know say they are part of the problem.Na we dey kill each other in this country. It's a lie if someone tells you Nigeria is poor, we only have leaders who can't solve problems.. Imagine what Nigeria could do with that extra $45Billion loopholes. If we just dedicate that to education lasan, our Universities will be badasses. $45Billion can give us nice railway networks throughout the country. $45B can build 40 world class hospitals. Imagine if we now consistently make that $45B for 10years. I wish I could do brain transplants for millions of our youths that are just dormant and chasing Bet9ja/BBN "up and down". We need to fight and put the right leadership in place. We can't continue this way.

malcomxjr:
The reason why you are saying that is because you don’t live and work there you have no investment there and you have never leave the shores of Nigeria if you do you will understand more about it

dat9jaguy:
GUTA were the ones beefing nigerian traders recently.
Nigeria too much,na common sneeze na him we sneeze,West Africa catch cold.

Nanatrendy:
it's annoying because it's coming from a country that gains more from us than we gain from them parasites for that matter, for that minister to be diplomatic about it is even more annoying but well it only shows which one of us is civilised and little wonder investors prefer doing business with us than you, you just do things as if there's no sensible person in your government, it's pathetic.

BlackLaw:
Its funny when you consider that Ghana's GDP of roughly $50 billion is almost equal to one third of Lagos' GDP of $136 billion.
What is even more interesting is that Ghanaians who do not understand the dangers of challenging Nigeria are the ones itching for a trade war, when their government is looking to resolve the issue peacefully.
The Ghanaians on this platform must understand that trade wars go beyond shutting down borders and foreign owned businesses and that in the grand scheme of things, $80 million mean more to Ghana than $150 million does to Nigeria.

As an aside, $150 million is less than what our boys spend on beer each evening.

dat9jaguy:
GUTA were the ones beefing nigerian traders recently.
Nigeria too much,na common sneeze na him we sneeze,West Africa catch cold.

RTSC:
These Ghanaians should dare not do anything to Nigerian goods entering their country.
Else Benin and Togo would be better than them.
The border closure is not because of Ghana. They should be careful.

BTW, I overheard someone saying here they would shut down Nigerian investments in Ghana.
So if they shut down zenith or GTB in Ghana, how are they going to reemploy the thousands of ghanians that would be out of jobs?

That is besides the fact that Nigeria will go ballistic on them.

Nanatrendy:
well proximity does not always determine the price of goods, cost of production is what determines it's that is why chinese products even though it's coming from far are still cheaper than your goods, so we can actually get whatever the same products for less and you know very well you can't compete with them so be grateful that we help feed you by buying your products.

DarkJeddi:
Ghana does little trade with Nigeria and yet they buy more from Nigeria than Nigeria buy from you..

If you have electricity to sell,

Who are you going to sell it to,that can afford it?

China?

Nanatrendy:
you can even decide to build a wall around your country just make sure you stay inside. We don't care about you closing ur borders you have the right to do so, but you need to go about it the right way, give prior notice so nobody's goods become stranded at ur border besides most of those business
men are ur own country men and the thing is there are more nigerian goods in ghana than the other way round so if we retaliate I don't think you would be smiling, but like a popular saying we have in ghana 'God is likely to be ghanaian than nigerian' so we will keep having mercy on you for the time being.

mofedamijo:


lol, you have no idea how proximity and economics works, no single idea. First and foremost, Goods produced in NIgeria are cheaper than their foriegn counterparts, examples are grocery products, secondly, cost of production and cost of is different from total cost of delivery. Total Delivered Cost (TDC) is the amount of money it takes for a company to manufacture and deliver a product. thirdly, Ghana will never ever feed Lagos state, let alone Nigeria, take that crap out of your head, just because we have a problem doesn't mean Ghana will feed Lagos.

GDP in Nigeria is expected to be 500.00 USD Billion by the end of this quarter.
GDP in Ghana is expected to be 66.00 USD Billion by the end of this quarter.

Go and read on what Ghana relies on Nigeria for.

PetroDollax:
Still talking crap. Bla bla bla and yet nigeria is a certified sh1thole. Upon all your stvpid gra gra, Ghana is miles ahead of Nigeria. Look, GDP is not everything,okay. Stop this your GDP nonsense. Where is the power in Nigeria to promote any meaningful economic activity. How many hours of electricity do you get in Nigeria today? Who told you that goods produced in Nigeria are cheaper than goods produced in ghana? Where did you get that nonsense from?

ba7man:
Then why are you guys crying

psychologygh:
we're just warning you guys to let those trucks who are already at your border before your instant closing of borders in otherwise when they return and we retaliate,hope you hypocrites will not be crying again that "Ghana hates us,they don't respect us and ECOWAS free movement, they're xenophobia". Remember the millions of Nigerians living in Ghana and doing their businesses in peace.A word to the wise is enough. Because we have seen it before.

psychologygh:
listen,if you don't know the GDP for Ghana, better shut up.Ghana has a GDP Norminal of 65 billion dollars with a population of 29 million people and a GDP PPP(purchasing power)of 190 billion dollars bigger than what Lagos has which is the 136 billion dollars.Lagos is not a country to have a GDP Norminal of its own so we calculate the GDP purchasing power for the whole Lagos State of over 25 million people who contribute 1/3 of Nigeria's 200 million population revenue which gives you the 130 billion dollars. Accra of 4 million people have a GDP PPP of 39 billion dollars.That 80 million dollars exports to Nigeria represents 0.47% of our exports in a year which is 17,1 billion dollars. So 80 million dollars is highly negligible to our 17.1 billion dollars exports. Your total exports in 2018 was 52 billion dollars and out of it was that 49 billion dollars which was over 94% was crude oil only seeing how your useless country is controlled by the wind of oil prices .Ain't you ashamed that you import everything including the refined crude you sold very cheap in barrels as crude oil.Disgraceful zoo,sorry nation.

mofedamijo:


I don't have time for someone who can't have a decent conversation, am not here for dull minds.....stay away from my mention.

No electricity, no meaningful economic activities, yet Nigeria as produced more Billionaires than any oother country in africa, yet these billionaires made their money from Nigeria......lol kids.