Tobi Adebayo
Some members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) on Monday, locked up shops belonging to foreigners in Koforidua, the Eastern region of Ghana.
According to Ghanaian news platform, CitiNews, over 40 shops were sealed by the union to register their displeasure about the continuous involvement of foreigners in retail trade in the New Juaben South Municipality.
Public Relations Officer of GUTA in the region, Darlen Nana Boateng said members will use all legal means to prevent foreigners from engaging in retail trading in the region.
“Right now, it has turned a bit chaotic, although that is not the plan we came out with. Our members shut down a shop but when the business owner came in, he opened the shop and insisted that he will work and whatever it takes, he will not comply with the directive.
“No one is here destroying anybody’s business, but people should not, on their own, take the law into their own hands and be resisting the laws of Ghana. The foreign retailers should just comply with the law,” he said.
Recall that in 2020, more than 50 shops of foreign traders at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra were closed down for operating without the relevant documents.
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