{"id":56506,"date":"2014-10-15T09:01:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T09:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=56506"},"modified":"2014-10-15T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T10:37:34","slug":"cj-to-set-up-court-to-prosecute-foreign-retail-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=56506","title":{"rendered":"CJ to set up court to prosecute foreign retail traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood has announced that a special court will be set up to prosecute foreigners who are involved in retail trade in Ghanaian markets.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana\u00a0Union of Traders Association (GUTA), in June, directed <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/06\/10\/foreign-retailers-must-leave-ghana-guta\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>all foreign traders involved in retail trade<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in the country to leave as their operations were in contravention of the\u00a0Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56558\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/haruna-2-600x330.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56558\" alt=\"Then Minister for Trade, Haruna Iddrisu, inaugurated the task force to rid the country's markets of foreign retail traders \" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/haruna-2-600x330.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/haruna-2-600x330.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/haruna-2-600x330-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then Minister for Trade, Haruna Iddrisu, inaugurated the task force to rid the country&#8217;s markets of foreign retail traders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;3znf8AdCLyDLYabNk8SUEMWKx2tZLGV0&#8243;]Most of the traders ignored the directive, leading to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/07\/23\/minister-inaugurates-task-force-on-retail-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>inauguration of \u00a0an inter-agency task force<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by the Trade and Industry Ministry, which was to\u00a0ensure that no foreigner engages in retail trade in market places.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement by Madam Woode when \u00a0newly sworn-in Trade and Industry Minister Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah and some members of the task-force paid her a working visit.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Justice also stated that the mandated courts, when set up, could sit on Saturdays as well in order to effectively prosecute those cases.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Spio1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Spio1.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Trade Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has warned the Ghanaian accomplices of foreign retail traders against the act or face prosecution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, on his part, cautioned Ghanaians who collude with the \u00a0foreigners to desist from such practices as they are equally liable for prosecution under the law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi business news<\/strong>\u00a0checks have revealed that the prosecution of offenders by the courts will commence in November, barring any last minute changes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eddiekkofi\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @eddiekkofi<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>                   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood has announced that a special court will be set up to prosecute foreigners who are involved in retail trade in Ghanaian markets. 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