Leveraging high capital requirements, trade restriction policies, non-citizen identity cards among other measures, the Ghanaian Government has again revived some of its extant rules to evict Nigerian businesses.
While Nigerian businessmen have been struggling to maintain cordial relationship with the Ghanaian local authorities over claims of eroding their markets, the border closure by the Federal Government, one year after, is believed to have infuriated neighbouring countries that had earlier served notice of eviction to Nigerians operating in their environment.
The President, Nigeria Union of Traders Association, Ghana (NUTAG), Chukwuemeka Nnaji, had earlier told The Guardian that despite the provisions of the ECOWAS protocols, Ghana’s use of its GIPC Act 865, Section 27 (1a) of 2013, flouts the provisions on rules of engagement.
He noted that while Ghana continues to enjoy the privileges conferred on ECOWAS citizens in the region, the government and its people continue to prohibit other citizens from doing the same in Ghana.
