{"id":757513,"date":"2019-12-03T21:19:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T21:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/03\/akufo-addo-reacts-to-guta-nutag-clash\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T21:19:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T21:19:21","slug":"akufo-addo-reacts-to-guta-nutag-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/03\/akufo-addo-reacts-to-guta-nutag-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo reacts to GUTA, NUTAG clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/President-Akufo-Addos-meeeting-with-Guta_5-696x464.jpeg\"   alt=\"President Nana Akufo-Addo\" title=\"President Akufo Addo's meeeting with Guta_5\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Nana Akufo-Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=htPWXD78XrhEavQmS\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unacceptable the use of force by Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) against foreigners engaged in retail business.<\/p>\n<p>He said a committee is in place to resolve the concerns of GUTA in the application of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) act.<\/p>\n<p>GUTA has been waging a relentless war to get foreigners out of the retail space for years but has been unsuccessful in its drive. <\/p>\n<p>The GIPC Act 856 exclusively reserves the retail trade area for Ghanaians and even prescribes punishment for foreigners engaged in retail business but lack of enforcement has been the bane. <\/p>\n<p>At the Okaishie market, leadership of GUTA resurrected the aged old issue at a meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo. <\/p>\n<p>But, President Akufo-Addo condemned the use of force on foreigners and their businesses in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He was, however, confident a committee, headed by the Trades Minister, would soon bring finality to the issue. <\/p>\n<p>President of GUTA, Dr Joseph Obeng, said the members were out of control and warned they could take the laws into their own hands.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/President-Akufo-Addos-meeeting-with-Guta_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1728783\"  \/><figcaption> At the Okaishie market, leadership of GUTA resurrected the aged old issue at a meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unacceptable the use of force by Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) against foreigners engaged in retail business. He said a committee is in place to resolve the concerns of GUTA in the application of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) act. GUTA has been waging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":757514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757513","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Akufo-Addo reacts to GUTA, NUTAG clash - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/03\/akufo-addo-reacts-to-guta-nutag-clash\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Akufo-Addo reacts to GUTA, NUTAG clash - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"President Nana Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as unacceptable the use of force by Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) against foreigners engaged in retail business. 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