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The scrap dealers protesting in Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALL BUSINESS activities at the Suame\nMagazine in Kumasi came to a temporary standstill after some angry-looking\nscrap dealers staged a peaceful demonstration over a ban on e"},"modified":"2019-08-26T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:34:15","slug":"scrap-dealers-protest-unfair-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/26\/scrap-dealers-protest-unfair-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap Dealers Protest \u2018Unfair\u2019 Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The scrap dealers protesting in Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n

ALL BUSINESS activities at the Suame
\nMagazine in Kumasi came to a temporary standstill after some angry-looking
\nscrap dealers staged a peaceful demonstration over a ban on exportation of
\nscraps.<\/p>\n

Wearing red armbands and chanting war songs, the members of the
\ngroup calling itself \u2018Progressive Scrap Dealers Association\u2019 said they were
\nlosing their jobs as a result of some policies including a ban on scraps and
\nunfair trade relations between scrap dealers and steel companies in the country.<\/p>\n

The Secretary of the association, Nasiru Mohammed, after the
\nprotest march, passionately appealed to the Ministry of Trade and Industry to
\ncome to their aid so they could revive their businesses and continue to contribute
\nto national growth through the payment of taxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are serving notice to all stakeholders, particularly
\ngovernment, to mediate to ensure that scrap dealers are respected in mutual
\ntrade relations with steel companies and as a matter of urgency lift the ban on
\nscraps export to make the industry competitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our collective conviction that this would be urgently
\ntreated without any compromise to avert any unpleasant recourse in the face of
\nconsistent challenges, threatening the collapse of the businesses of our
\nmembers,\u201d he appealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhilst the steel industry in Ghana, which is fed with materials
\nby the scrap industry, is globally competitive in terms of pricing regime and
\nexport, pricing of scraps and the decision to buy or withhold purchase of
\nscraps and payments, is solely the decision of the steel companies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Because of this unfortunate development, Nasiru Mohammed
\nlamented: \u201cAny imposition of taxes on the steel industry by government is
\nvirtually offloaded to the tottering scrap industry by consistently reducing
\nprices from which they purchase scraps whilst steel products are well priced.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that it was about time government intervened so that
\nall the injustices and maltreatment being meted out to scrap dealers in the
\ncountry would stop, saying \u201creview the discriminatory trade policy regime that
\nhas rendered the indigenous scrap industry non-competitive, threatening its
\nsurvival\u201d.<\/p>\n

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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