{"id":49297,"date":"2014-09-19T13:39:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T13:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=49297"},"modified":"2014-09-19T20:07:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T20:07:29","slug":"non-ghanaian-retailers-ordered-to-leave-markets-in-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/non-ghanaian-retailers-ordered-to-leave-markets-in-30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Ghanaian retailers ordered to leave markets in 30 days"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued a 30-day ultimatum to non-Ghanaians in retail trade to leave 48 markets across the country where they mostly operate.<\/span><\/p>\n In a public notice issued on Friday, the ministry stated that, \u201cnotwithstanding numerous interventions by the government to encourage non-Ghanaians engaged in retail trading in the market place to relocate, some non-Ghanaians have refused to comply with the directive.\u201d<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”idd17RbGZEtMGLmuyRCfLHSKewwh3cZ5″]The ministry named 35 markets in Accra, 7 in Ashanti region and 2 each in the Brong Ahafo and Eastern regions. The rest are in the Northern and Upper East regions.<\/p>\n The Trade Ministry further warned that the \u201cnon-Ghanaians who further contravene the provisions of the Act 865 in the GIPC Law 2013 shall be prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n In June, thousands of traders belonging to the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) in Accra and Kumasi closed down their shops in protest against government\u2019s inability to eject the foreign traders from their markets.<\/p>\n Government at the time was unhappy<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with the traders because according to the then Deputy Minister, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye , said GUTA showed bad faith.<\/p>\n \u201cIf anything at all, they should have reverted to me to say that, \u2018these issues we discussed with you, we have not seen any move on them\u2019 and then I will know what to do. I have been waiting for them to bring to me the proposal they discussed. I haven\u2019t heard anything from them,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n The government subsequently promised to take action, but has been silent on the matter till now.<\/p>\n