{"id":757281,"date":"2019-12-03T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/03\/we-are-citizens-not-spectators-guta-on-foreign-shops-closure-audio\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T15:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:54:18","slug":"we-are-citizens-not-spectators-guta-on-foreign-shops-closure-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/03\/we-are-citizens-not-spectators-guta-on-foreign-shops-closure-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"We are citizens, not spectators \u2013 GUTA on foreign shops closure [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/confusion-at-Circle_6-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"nigeria ghana clash\" title=\"nigeria ghana clash\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The comment of GUTA follows a scuffle between some Ghanaians and Nigerian traders in the early hours of Monday at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=NGgPJoPt3Q5HReuir\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), reacting to the pending tension between them and Nigerian traders, say they are only responding to President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s call for Ghanaians to be citizens and not spectators.<\/p>\n<p>The comment of GUTA follows a scuffle between some Ghanaians and Nigerian traders in the early hours of Monday at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.<\/p>\n<p>The fight, according to witnesses and some petty traders, ensued as a result of Ghanaian traders asking Nigerian businessmen to lock up their shops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tiptoe Lane clashes: Nigerians making Circle unsecured for Ghanaian traders \u2013 Assemblyman claims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Man reveals why he cannot quit selling \u2018weed\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anas\u2019 expos\u00e9 on alleged corruption involving Accra Metro Guards premieres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Adom FM\u2019s <strong>Dwaso Nsem <\/strong>show, the Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) of GUTA, Joseph Osei Agyemang explained their constant action is to get the  Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) laws to be enforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GIPC law of Ghana frowns on foreigners in the<br \/>\nretail market but we don\u2019t see that law being enforced. We want to be citizens<br \/>\nand not spectators as the President charged us to be that is why we have<br \/>\ndecided to safeguard our jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To Mr Agyemang, GUTA is only seeking for the right<br \/>\nthing to be done with regards to the influx of foreigners in the Ghanaian<br \/>\nretail markets.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the aftermath of Monday\u2019s clash, the PRO explained calm had been restored to the area following the immediate and commendable response of the Ghana Police Service.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The comment of GUTA follows a scuffle between some Ghanaians and Nigerian traders in the early hours of Monday at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), reacting to the pending tension between them and Nigerian traders, say they are only responding to President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s call for Ghanaians to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":757282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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