Etim Effiong
Former vice-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has asked the Federal Government to intervene in the current crisis in Ghana in which shops owned by Nigerian traders are closed.
It was learnt that Nigerian traders are required to pay the Ghana Investment Promotion Council registration fee which is pegged at $1million minimum foreign equity.
In a tweet on Sunday, Obi stated that the cries of Nigerians for help must not go unnoticed, noting that both countries need each other.
“The cries of Nigerians for help must never go unnoticed. The allegations by Nigerian traders that Ghanaian authorities are high handed in their dealings with them deserves the attention of our government. In the spirit of African integration, both nations need each another,” he wrote.
It was gathered that shops owned by Nigerians in Ghana were first locked up in December but were opened following intervention by Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Ghana’s Trade Ministry spokesman, Boakye Boateng, told a local news platform, Starr FM, that the traders had been served notice for over a year before December’s incident.