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Nigeria traders cry foul

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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

    I am surprised the Mahama regime is continuing with this very bad and negative-for-the-region policy of discriminating against nationals of ECOWAS countries. It is simply untenable that fellow Africans can still be behaving t ...
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  • mensah abrampa 11 years ago

    It's unfortunate they have singled out Nigerians for this sudden and harsh treatment. The authorities action must have a legal backing and they ought to have an open book policy and be professional and courteous in the perfo ...
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  • MENSAH 11 years ago

    I think all foreigners,who go against that law,should be included but not only NIGERIANS.Nigerians are AFRICANS.
    The Ministry of Trade SHOULD CONSIDER THAT.

  • DAN 11 years ago

    why are they allowed to operate..Did they spend $1 million to open a location and hire 10 or more Ghanians, not bring their brothers,sisters and freinds to work in shop..The China people think they can even take over america ...
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  • BARIMAYENA 11 years ago

    CANT THEY GO HOME? THEY SACKED GHANAIANS IN 1983 AND 1985. WHO CALLED THEM HERE, THEY FELT GHANA CANNOT LIVE AGAIB.

  • S .Dikaini 11 years ago

    This is just plain wrong or another way to start a new confusion of the past Policy which cost Ghana alot.We aught not to forget.It is important to ply a general policy on all traders who flaut the laws and not only one parti ...
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  • Kojo T 11 years ago

    NDC policy is inconsistent and ad variance withn ECOWAS. We should be promoting itra AFrican trade and Unity instead of disrupting it . Prez Mahama , you were in the ECOWAS parliament , just implement what you agreed on

  • DAN 11 years ago

    Thats why NDc does nothing about China traders and miners is because of the conditions attached to the $3 billion dollar campaign loan provided by china!

  • KATH 11 years ago

    Ghana must be careful, even though I am not a fun of Nigerians but what Ghana is doing to those people is very bad. We can not continue to behave like that and expect our nation to develop. We have to take the lead in Africa ...
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  • Joe - Oxford University 11 years ago

    laissez-faire is an economic environment in which transactions between private parties are free from tariffs, government subsidies, and enforced monopolies, with only enough government regulations sufficient to protect proper ...
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  • pat 11 years ago

    the CHINISE given free grounds to operate

  • Babatunde 11 years ago

    I just hope Ghanaian government have the guts to send you people home, you destroy Lagos now Ghana is next...please we are not interested...Follow Ghanaian laws and they won't close you down.

  • Alicia 11 years ago

    I think the Ghanian government should have provided these traders with an alternative rather than sending them home
    New and organised markets should have been built for the traders if the Government were perhaps worried abo ...
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  • ifeduba thankgod 11 years ago

    babatunde be nationalistic. U must no speak as a tribalist yoruba becos igbos are involve. We are ONE NIGERIA

  • John 11 years ago

    Is Nigeria not having any trade laws. Why is it that you always speak evil against Ghana on this issue. Ghana has not committed any Ecowas offence.

    The president of the group, Deacon John Igwe Ukala, as he equated the tre ...
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  • mensah abrampa 11 years ago

    Let's forget the past and work together for the sake of development in the sub region.Whatever flaws exist must be worked out. We need the trade just as much as the traders need us. If they're paying their taxes and playing b ...
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  • Babatunde 11 years ago

    @mensah abrampa...If most Nigerians and Ghanaian think like you then there is hope for our dear continent.

  • AKANLAND 11 years ago

    obey the laws.laws are made for reason

  • kayman 11 years ago

    You an idiot talking about lagos here, wholbuild lagos if not the money fron SS and SE, how did they destroy lagos , idiotic Yoruba.

  • MENSAH 11 years ago

    If NIGERIANS targetted ONLY GHANAIANS in their ALIENS COMPLIANCE ORDER,THEN THEY DESERVE THIS TREATMENT AS WELL.

  • buoy lazu NY 11 years ago

    It all work out good for the economy of the country. so the lawmakers should put in place trade by laws, immigration policies to regulate their stay,after all we are one people from one Holy God.For they are our brothers too.

  • Benny 11 years ago

    Ghanaians leave these people alone to trade. The Nigerians are trade orientated. They started this kind of trading first. We have lagos town. Mallam atta, Markola, Mamobi kaneshie all geared towards matketing of this people. ...
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  • Emmanuel Boye 11 years ago

    Nigerians must go home, is a big country they must go hiome l was in Nigeria before we are allow to trade and they treat us badly go home niger

  • K K 11 years ago

    HOW MANY TIMES YOU DRIVE GHANIANS OUT OF NIGERIA? WE WERE NOT TRADING WE WERE DOING YOUR DIRTY WORKS WE WERE NOT TRADING.WE ARE NOT DRIVING YOU OUT AS YOU DID TO US .NOW YOU RESPECT ECOWAS? WHY DIDNT YOU REMEMBER ECOWAS WHEN ...
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  • faith 11 years ago

    You ghanas drive us first when you got ur freedom go and find out

  • MENSAH 11 years ago

    NIGERIA DROVE JUST GHANAIANS OUT.
    THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE AND THEREFORE BEING VICTIMISED.HE WHO KILLS BY THE SWORD,DIES BY IT.

  • faith 11 years ago

    Ghana drive us 1969and1972 two time we did in 1982

  • Gbese 11 years ago

    Can you migrate to any other country without any proper documentation. If a host nation asks you to regularise your stay in that nation do you consider that as being kicked out. It was lack of education among you guys that ma ...
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  • faith 11 years ago

    Go and read the history and text me back. When you ghanas got ur freedom we nigeria flew to ghana including my father but. We were sent out.nigeria got ther freedom ther eco'm was buter the ghanas too flew to nigeria and with ...
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  • Antoinette 11 years ago

    Why is it that we Africans stoop low and allow light skinned people in this case chinese and lebanese to have their way over our African brothers and sisters? Will choose a Nigerian any day over the others. Please level the p ...
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  • KWABENA AMOAFO 11 years ago

    Halleluja, Please let all the Nigerian go HOME they are TOO filthy and stings. O my Lord I wish they do them like Dr. Busia did. We want all of them OUT FROM GHANA. Arm Robbers, Thieves, Killers, and JuJu people. Ghana wa ...
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  • Lola 11 years ago

    When Ghanians are in war lets see who will help
    You think the Chinese and Lebanese will help?
    Better not call Nigeria
    Fools!

  • BEKO 11 years ago

    FOLISH ASHANTI BOY WHAT DO YOU KNOW...ALL THE GHANAIANS IN NIGERIA ARE MOSTLY ASHANTIS...ANY WAY YOU ARE JUST NO BODY TO THINK ABOUT...DICK HEAD.

  • kofi ahenkora, USA 11 years ago

    Closing their businesses and taking their livelihood from them is shamefull indeed and blackmen stupidity in the highest. Our own brothers and sisters Nigerians and west africans being thrown-out while, illegal chinese and le ...
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  • ADABRAKA GBEKE 11 years ago

    It is funny that these people are crying about what they´re going through now.They are not law abiding,
    always involved in wicked acts.Were Ghanaians tradind there in 1982 and 83?They and the Chinese should be cleaned out o ...
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  • Kwaku 11 years ago

    Look Nigerians go home period. We don't want you in Ghana period.

  • BEKO 11 years ago

    HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT MOST BIG BUSINESSES IN GHANA IS OWNED BY NIGERIANS WHY NOT CLOSE THE BANKS AND OTHER NIGERIAN INVESTMENTS? EVEN CHINESE MEN KILLS GHANAIAN IN COLD BLOOD RIGHT HERE IN GHANA YOU DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT ...
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  • ABU 11 years ago

    It's cruel and inhumane to threat our West Africa-ECOWAS citizens by shutting down their businesses and depriving them of livelihood.

  • NANA AMA 11 years ago

    Please,give them back their shops.Ghanaians are in other countries doing bussiness as well.How can they live in the country without a job?

  • lydia usa 11 years ago

    send all naija back they hate ghanains
    soooooooooo bad

  • Africa 11 years ago

    Please send them to Cameroon ,they are welcome. Those who said enemy of Africa is africans themselfs are wrigth this is an exemple here Lydia usa.What are u doing in so,ene country they should send u back too?

  • Kobby 11 years ago

    Liesa-Fayre & Free trade Haven't you Ghanaians hear about this. Leave our neighbours alone

  • N.D.D. Yaw, London 11 years ago

    Please be lenient to Nigerians in Ghana.They are our closest siblings in Africa.

  • Asantehene 11 years ago

    Even though Nigerians are not my favourite , yet I believe we are in the 21th century, we should embrace our kind , and drive the Chinese , Indians, Syrians, Lebanese away. They are our worse problems who evade tax. No respec ...
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  • sarpong k.k Adu 11 years ago

    we dont need nigerians in Ghana n they must leave now!!!!!

  • JOJO SEY 11 years ago

    Do not push them away for they are human.We need money so find a way to let them pay income tax and sale tax.

  • OHO 11 years ago

    Ghana has laws for all. Please comply with the laws and stop complaining. Do Nigerians remember the indiginasation Decree that forced foreigners to part with their shares to Nigerians. Foreigners could only hold 40% of shareh ...
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  • COS 90 11 years ago

    I am not tribalistic neither zenophobian but what Dmiaw Uduba said does not hold water. Now my qusetion to him is that how many ghanaians are doing business in nigeria? Let me tell him that nigerians have short term memory.Bu ...
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  • NII LARTEY NARTEY 11 years ago

    Ghana like Nigeria has immigration and trading laws that is biding to all. The laws of the country makes it clear that certain tradings in the market place is a local preserved trading for the Ghanaian. Some foreign traders d ...
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  • COS 90 11 years ago

    NIGERIANS SHOULD HAVE IN MIND THAT GHANAIANS ARE AFRAID OF THEM.

  • Pee 11 years ago

    Multinational trading boost an economy of the recipient country. The Ministry of trade shd open the shops for the Niger traders. They give a big boost to our economy. They are our brothers pls MOT

  • Awuradebasa 11 years ago

    What's the real meaning of ECOWAS?
    One needs to aquire a permit to live in another nation...that's universal LAW