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'Throw out' foreigners in retail busines - Osafo Marfo

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  • Paapidi 7 years ago

    Thank you very much, Senior Minister.

  • Nana Malik 7 years ago

    Ghanaians are doing same in other West African countries,fool.Even on the streets of New York, Africans do retail on small tables. Don't start this nonsense in our country,Osafo Marfo.

  • Yendi boy 7 years ago

    Fool like you. Is there a law in USA against foreigners doing business. That is Ghana law and must be respected Mr. Fool.

  • ´peace 7 years ago

    Marfo said those foreigners who can meet the law of retail r allowed not but not those who do it by going against the law.This law was in nigeria also

  • Anonymous. 7 years ago

    Anybody who supports this law is plain ignorant. Very unpractical and ill-thought law.

  • gazo 7 years ago

    I dont like Marfos ideas but for this issue he is 100% right.If Ghanaians are selling on the streets of Newyork the law permits them.Our laws doesnt permit it.Period.Pls go ahead and do what the law says so our people can hav ...
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  • Thingy 7 years ago

    What about Ecowas and the ability of Ghanaians to engage in business in other Ecowas countries. Expect a backlash if you start targeting Nigerians etc

  • asante yaw 7 years ago

    Simply crazy. We have had all this before. It never works .

  • JAY 7 years ago

    Good,Osafo Marfo is talking like a Ghanaian,l like that,Ghana has become so LAWLESS,anybody including foreigners come to Ghana and do what they want

  • dd 7 years ago

    Silly nonsense. You would not expect such crazy talk from such an old economist. Register all of them so that they pay taxes to help our economy. Tax away their profits for the benefit of Ghana after legalizing their work. ...
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  • Patriot 7 years ago

    ...simple. That is a basic pre-requisite to a functioning economy with institutions which work.

    If there are countering arguments for whatever reasons, then the law should be changed. But as it stands, it should be enforce ...
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  • Patriot 7 years ago

    ... a basic pre-requisite of a functioning economy....

  • ROOT 7 years ago

    Find a way for them to register their business and pay tax, give them asylum or workpermit.find a way to monitor them even if they are selling on table.this is how is done in other countries, if those countries take the same ...
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  • kofi adu 7 years ago

    ooooh! aliens compliance order. anyway, good for npp and the ashanti clan who wanna entrench in accra.

  • KK 7 years ago

    Such errant pronouncements are in keeping with erratic Trump. Let's not revisit the Alien's Compliance Order. Sure, any business indigenous or foreign must be registered and all fiduciary responsibilities met.

  • Okyere. USA 7 years ago

    Bad idea!!!

  • EZEKIEL 7 years ago

    Book THEORY is different from WISDOM!!!
    Register ALL the people doing the RETAIL business or what-have-you.TAX them justly and IMPROVE THE TAX-BASE of the economy!!

  • Master P 7 years ago

    Can anyone explain the situation to me?

  • Kofi Sam - USA 7 years ago

    Does the senior minister know what he is saying . That is the most stupid advice from a so called senior minister . Let every body get into the retail business but regulate it with laws . The retail business is the driving ...
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  • NICH 7 years ago

    Kofi Sam, it's clear that you don't understand simple economics of unfair advantage. Chinese nationals enter the country with huge amounts of capital and enter into retail business with heavy cheap imports and drastically und ...
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  • Hubert 7 years ago

    AGAIN GHANA AGAIN????????

  • Maslem 7 years ago

    Foreigners have been in Ghana since time memorial so I really do not understand what this guy is aiming at. Ghanaians are foreigners on many lands too so what is the problem?

  • Ben, Sumiko 7 years ago

    Thank you very much father your very intelligent your is our opinion safety means your Government Creates are job for the citizens in our homeland, Thank you may god help you and your good work,