The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has\u00a0defend its\u00a0members who locked up shops of\u00a0 Nigerian traders\u00a0 at the Suame Magazine in the Ashanti region.<\/p>\n
About twenty shops belonging to Nigerian retail traders have been locked since Monday by Ghanaian traders at the Suame Magazine, who accuse their Nigerian counterparts of illegally engaging in retail business.<\/p>\n
GUTA had ordered their members in Accra and Kumasi to close their shops, citing amongst others the involvement of foreigners in retail trade.<\/p>\n
The president of GUTA, George Ofori, told Citi News <\/b>that he believed the actions of the members of the association in Kumasi were justified, stating that the people were only expressing their frustrations over the inability of relevant authorities to act.<\/p>\n
He added that the foreign traders \u201care not entitled to be there\u2026 that is what the law says,\u201d \u00a0and appealed to the to the relevant law enforcement agencies to enforce the laws governing petty trading in the country.<\/p>\n
Reports indicate that Ghanaian retailers in the Suame Magazine are going about their business as usual while the Nigerian shops remain closed.<\/p>\n
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Traders\u2019 Association, told Citi News <\/b>that their traders \u201ccan\u2019t open the shops because we don\u2019t have the keys,\u201d claiming that the keys had been taken by \u201cthose who closed the shops\u201d<\/p>\n
He stated that the Nigerian traders hope to avoid any confrontation with their Ghanaian counterparts and have reported the situation to the police.<\/p>\n
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By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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