File photo: Locked up shops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAngry\u00a0members
\n of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have locked up about
\n52 shops belonging to foreigners at Opera Square in Accra.<\/p>\n
Storming
\n the Central Business District on Monday, November 04, 2019, they called
\n on the government to enforce the law that prevents foreigners from
\nengaging in retail businesses in Ghana.<\/p>\n
They say the government\u2019s inability to enforce the law leaves them with no choice than to do it themselves.<\/p>\n
GUTA says foreign retailers flout section 27 of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act 865.<\/p>\n
That law specifies\u00a0that the sale of goods or provision of services in a market, petty trading or hawking or selling of goods in a stall at any place must be reserved for Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
Other activities not permitted for non-citizens include:<\/p>\n
-Operation of taxi or car hire service in an enterprise that has a fleet of less than 25 vehicles.<\/p>\n
-Operation of a beauty salon or a barbershop.<\/p>\n
-Printing of recharge scratch cards for the use of subscribers of telecommunication services<\/p>\n
-Production of exercise books and other basic stationery<\/p>\n
-Retail of finished pharmaceutical products<\/p>\n
-Production and retail of sachet water.<\/p>\n
At the Central Business District, the GUTA leadership had a special lock with which they were locking the shops, many of which belonged to Chinese and Nigerian nationals.<\/p>\n
The exercise was carried out by the Electrical Association Chapter of GUTA, hence they targeted electrical shops.<\/p>\n
Last week, Thursday, foreign traders at Kejetia, Suame Magazine, Adum, and Asafo markets were all yanked out of the shops.<\/p>\n
GUTA Public Relations Officer, Albert Mensah Offei, told Joy News<\/strong> that the locking up of retail shops owned by foreigners will soon be extended to other parts of the country.<\/p>\nThey\u00a0specifically targeted\u00a0shops with foreign names.<\/p>\n
Source: Myjoyonline.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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