Nigerian Border Closure Sparks A Row In Ghana
Nigerian traders doing business in Ghana may be forced to quit their shops on Thursday, November 14, 2019, over a growing disaffection following the Nigerian border closure.
The eviction notice which was posted on various shops owned by Nigerian traders in Kumasi and Accra came some weeks after the Ghana Union of Traders’ Association, GUTA called for a ban on Made-in-Nigeria goods.
A copy of one of the notices posted on some shops believed to be owned by Nigerians in Kumasi read: “Attention! Attention! Attention! According to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Law Act 865 Section 27A, you are not to be in our market. We are by this notice informing you to leave our market by 14th November 2019. By GUTA.”
This will not be the first time that Nigerians in Ghana will be asked to vacate their place of business in the country. Some Nigerian traders were saddened by the situation while also acknowledging that Ghanaians are angry because of the Nigerian border closure.
“They have closed some of the shops and threatened to close the shops belonging to Nigerians before November 14. They are angry because of Nigeria’s border closure, which has affected their businesses,” one trader explained.
The Nigerian government has insisted that the border will not be reopened till January 31, 2020.
Businesses in the West African corridor continue to suffer losses following the border closure while the prices of some goods, like rice have skyrocketed in Nigeria.
