XENOPHOBIA!!!...Ghanian government shuts down over 400 companies owned by Nigeria

Over 400 business
establishment owned by
Nigerians have been closed by
authorities in Ghana, sparking
a protest by owners who have
issued a week ultimatum to
the Nigerian government to
resolve the surrounding the
maltreatment of Nigerian
business community in Ghana.

Already, the National Association of
Nigerian Traders (NANTS) have written a
petition to President Buhari and the
Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) on the issue.

The association gave a one-week
ultimatum to the commission to intervene
in the matter, warning that the
association would occupy the ECOWAS
premises if the situation in Ghana was
not addressed. In their protest march to
the ECOWAS Secretariat on Monday in
Abuja, the traders urged the Commission
to intervene to stop the alleged
victimisation of Nigerian business men
and women in Ghana.

According to some local media reports
on Tuesday, the President of NANT, Ken
Ukaoha, stated that the development has
reached a point where the Ghanaian
Parliament has passed a legislation to
make the business environment hostile to
foreign investors.
He said that the
ECOWAS President, Jean-Claude Brou,
had been petitioned over the
development.

“This is a save our soul call and the
urgency of this protest is to inform you
of the state of fear, uncertainty and
insecurity that Nigerian traders are
currently subjected to in the hands of the
government and people of Ghana in
different cities under the coordination of
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre and
Ministry of Trade and Industry,” Ukaoha
said.

According to him, the members of the
association have been shut out of their
business premises in pursuance of the
eviction order dated July 27, 2018,
demanding that “we must have $1m as
minimum foreign investment capital to
do business in Ghana”.