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Ghanaian Merchants Association (GUTA) President Joseph Kwaku Obeng says anger between his Association and Nigerian merchants is fading after a successful dialogue.
He argued that the good relationship between the two countries will not be tarnished by the recent “trade war.”
“Ghana has maintained a good business relationship with Nigeria over the years and we will continue to do so,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show Ghana Montie.
GUTA has been in a trade war with Nigerian merchants recently.
The Association issued an ultimatum demanding the closure of all Nigerian retail stores by August 31, 2020, threatening to unleash the thugs to forcibly expel Nigerians from the local market if their calls are not heeded.
But a senior government delegation met with the Nigerian authorities to resolve the issues.
The proposal was unveiled when the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, visited President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House, Accra, last Thursday.
Gbajabiamila, who is the head of a Nigerian delegation, paid a two-day visit to Ghana for talks with his Ghanaian counterpart, spokesman Professor Mike Aaron Ocquaye, on relations between the two nations following the implementation of the Promotion of Ghana Investments. Center Act 2013, Act 865, which Nigerian merchants in Ghana say is hostile to their businesses.
Mr. Gbajabiamila suggested a business council between Ghana and Nigeria supported by both countries’ legislation as a roadmap for a successful business and trade regime between the two countries.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo / Peacefmonline.com / Ghana
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