{"id":5041,"date":"2019-10-20T14:26:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T14:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2019-10-20T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T14:26:53","slug":"border-closure-ghanaian-traders-union-call-for-boycott-of-nigerian-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/border-closure-ghanaian-traders-union-call-for-boycott-of-nigerian-products","title":{"rendered":"Border Closure: Ghanaian traders\u2019 union call for boycott of Nigerian products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Greater Accra Regional Secretary of GUTA, David Kwadwo Amoateng<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has called for a total boycott of all Nigerian products imported by Ghana as Nigeria\u2019s land border closure bites West African countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The move, the traders union believes, will force the Nigerian government to open up its land borders for foreign goods. Nigeria partially shut its borders since August.<\/p>\n<p>Greater Accra Regional Secretary of GUTA, David Kwadwo Amoateng on Adom FM\u2019s morning show, Dwaso Nsem, Friday said the Nigerian government has not been fair to foreign traders.<\/p>\n<p>In return, he expects the Ghana government to prevent Nigerian traders from bringing goods into Ghana, but that plea has fallen on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither somebody\u2019s bread has been buttered or we are cowards. Government is not being fair to us,\u201d he fumed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amoateng cited how Dangote cement had taken over the market while local ones from GHACEM are suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s boycott Nigerian products as payback to their government\u2019s action. How can we be slaves in our own country?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amoateng argued that the issue, if not checked, could hamper the Continental Free Trade Area.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has appealed to Ghanaian traders to remain calm as it works with the Nigerian authorities to ease its ban on the exportation of Non-traditional products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater Accra Regional Secretary of GUTA, David Kwadwo Amoateng Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has called for a total boycott of all Nigerian products imported by Ghana as Nigeria\u2019s land border closure bites West African countries. 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