{"id":758871,"date":"2019-12-05T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/guta-keeps-foreigners-shops-closed-despite-akufo-addos-intervention\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:52:14","slug":"guta-keeps-foreigners-shops-closed-despite-akufo-addos-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/guta-keeps-foreigners-shops-closed-despite-akufo-addos-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"GUTA keeps foreigners’ shops closed despite Akufo-Addo\u2019s intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite
\n calls by President Nana Akufo-Addo to the Ghana Union of Traders
\nAssociation (GUTA) to stop attacking foreign traders in the country, the
\n Association remains resolute in its\u00a0quest to stop foreign retailers
\nfrom doing business.<\/p>\n

GUTA on Monday locked up about 600 shops belonging to foreign traders\u00a0around Tip-Toe lane near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. <\/p>\n

Theaction led to the arrest of six people <\/strong>and resulted in the injury of three others.<\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo subsequently pleaded with the Association to caution its members and allow the law to take its course. <\/p>\n

According
\n to the President, while the law favours GUTA, a committee comprising of
\n the Association, the Trade Ministry and the Ghana Immigration Service
\nhave been set up to find a lasting solution to the problem.<\/p>\n

But
\n speaking to Joy News, Deputy General Secretary for GUTA, Richard
\nAmamoo, said \u201ceven though the Association respects the President\u2019s
\nintervention, members are frustrated.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe
\n President has admitted that the law favours us and we understood what
\nhe said but the right thing must be done. Our fear is that if the
\nPresidents says we should leave it for the Trade Ministry and
\nImmigration, how long is that going to take. This committee is still in
\nthe room talking and we are out here facing the problem. The solution
\nmust be now. Our people are very frustrated and unhappy and we don\u2019t
\nknow what to tell them. How can we open the shops without telling them
\nanything?\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n

He, however, added that executives of GUTA will be meeting later in the day to decide on the way forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs at now, we have locked up about 600 shops and that\u2019s not even all. If Nigerians can own more than 600 shops just in Circle can you imagine what is happening to our Ghanaian brothers? We have spoken to members in Tamale and Kumasi and they are ready to lock up shops too so we need an urgent solution now, not in-door meetings. Even today we are meeting around 10 am to conclude on the way forward. Our members are very unhappy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The
\n GIPC Act 856 and section 27 (1) exclusively reserves the sale of goods
\nor provision of services in a market or stall, petty trading or hawking
\nfor citizens and even prescribes punishments for foreigners engaged in
\nretail business.<\/p>\n

While
\n this law continues to be evidently disregarded, many have blamed the
\ngovernment and the security services for their lackadaisical attitude
\ntowards enforcement. <\/p>\n

Constant
\n reports of clashes have been recorded at the Opera Square Market in
\nAccra, where foreign traders\u2019 shops have been locked up on multiple
\noccasions.<\/p>\n

In
\n June this year, Nigerian spare part traders in Suame Magazine market
\nwere packed out of their shops following a similar clash between the two
\n groups. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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