President Akuffo-Addo Of Ghana Bans Retail Trading By Nigerians

President Akufo-Addo of Ghana has giving backings to the Ghana
Union of Traders Association (GUTA)’s ban on retail trading by
Nigerians and other foreigners in the country., According to
Thebreakingtimes report.^[1]

According to the President, while speaking on the GIPC Act on
retailing in Ghana, Nigerians cannot complain about how laws are
enforced in the country.

While the President admits that measures must be put in place to
ensure strict enforcement of the Act, he maintains, GUTA cannot
also take the law into its hands.

“Nigerians cannot complain about our enforcement of our laws,
they are doing it in their own country. So they cannot complain,
there is nothing discriminatory about it. The Chinese, the
Nigerians all of them should be put in the same pot in terms of the
application of the law.

“What I am thinking and hoping is that members of GUTA would not
take things into their own hand and that is why I intervened. GUTA
cannot take the law into their own hands and by that be closing
shops and all that, there is no future in that.”

“This is a very delicate and difficult issue but I think some
things are obvious. GUTA are right in their interpretation of the
law. The laws of our country until they are changed, have banned
foreigners from engaging in retail trading in our country as well
as activities in our market. Those are reserved mainly for
Ghanaians.

“So if people who are known not to be Ghanaians get involved,
people are expected to get agitated about it. What we need to do
with this agitation is to be more rigid in enforcing the law and I
am hoping the measures put in place with the support of GUTA have
begun to work now. If people take the law into their own hands
before you know, we have anarchy. So I am hoping they have taken
that into account and at the same time I think it is up to us the
state to make sure our laws are properly applied.”

What statement by the President here. https://youtu.be/fjNzQwyIYqQ^[2]

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