Alan Kyerematen – Trade Minister
President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said government will work out measures to ensure strict
enforcement of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) law that bans
foreigners from trading in the retail sector of the country.
According to him,
members of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) are right in the
interpretation of the law that the retail sector has been reserved for
Ghanaians and that, foreigners, particularly Nigerians, cannot complain about
how laws are enforced in the country.
Addressing the media
in Accra, the President said what is wrong is for GUTA members to take the law
into their hands and close shops of the foreigners, adding that there is no
future in such action.
“Nigerians cannot
complain about our enforcement of our laws. They are doing it in their country
so they cannot complain. There is nothing discriminatory about it…” he said.
He called on members
of GUTA to remain calm on the issue, hoping that they would take into account
how such a lawless move would only put the nation in a state of anarchy, saying
the state would find a way out to make sure that the laws are properly applied.
By Ernest Kofi Adu
