Nigerian traders operating in Ghana , on
Wednesday, visited the Foreign Affairs
Ministry in Abuja to protest the locking up
of their shops in Ghana .
The protesters , who carried placards with
various inscriptions of their grievances,
held the protest peacefully under the
watch of policemen.
Leader of the group , Nze Ugo – Akpe
Onwuka, said the traders were running
out of patience because they have waited
for seven years for the Nigerian
government to intervene but to no avail .
Onwuka said , “ We have had enough . This
has been going on for seven years , we are
being harassed and targeted even though
our documentation is up to date .
“ Where is the ECOWAS protocol? This is
not right . We have Ghanaians doing
business here and they are not being
harassed . Some of us employ them to work
for us in Ghana , yet the authorities there
harass us for no just cause .”
He explained that the plight of Nigerians
doing business in Ghana was reaching
boiling point and could degenerate to a
point where Nigerians will become subject
of xenophobic attacks if the issue is not
dealt with .
It was reported earlier that the
Ghanaian Ministry of Trades recently
rejected claims of unfair treatment by
Nigerian traders in the country during the
enforcement of the Ghana Investment
Promotion Council regulations .
