President Akufo-Addo of Ghana has given his supports to the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA)’s ban on retail trading by Nigerians and other foreigners in the country.

Recall, last month, members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) went around shutting down shops belonging to Nigerians and other protesters.

Nigerians have been protesting and violence has threatned to break out between the Ghanaian and Nigerian traders union.

Speaking yesterday about the ban, the President of Ghana, President Akufo-Addo supported the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA)’s enforcement of the GIPC Act on retailing in Ghana saying, Nigerians cannot complain about how laws are enforced in the country.

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His words;

“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.”