Business News of Wednesday, 19 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comShop closure: Nigerian businesses in Ghana are ‘under attack’ – ANC Ghanaplay video(GUTA) last year locked up over 600 shops belonging to Nigerian retailers in Accra & KumasiThe All Nigerian Community in Ghana (ANC) says it believes that Nigerian businesses in Ghana are ‘under attack’ following an impasse that has led to the closure of some Nigerian shops in Accra and Kumasi. Last year, some foreign-owned retail shops of Nigerians were forced to shut down on the basis that their presence was ‘illegal’. “We believe that Nigerian businesses in Ghana are under attack and it is a clarion call on the Nigerian government to activate immediate and definitive action towards an amicable and lasting solution to this impasse,” Mr Ekhator said. In December 2019, the Ghana Union of Traders (GUTA) locked up over six hundred shops belonging to Nigerian retailers at Nkrumah Circle in Accra. This move caused a clash between Ghanaian traders and Nigerian traders leading some persons involved to be arrested while others were badly injured.

Source: GhanaWeb August 19, 2020 12:11 UTC