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Fury Over Nigeria Must Go Sentiment In Ghana
By Ayodele Oluwafemi
An unidentified Nigerian trader in Ghana has cried out over what he described as forceful closure of his shops and other shops belonging to Nigerians in Ghana.
A video of an incident in which security operatives in Ghana were seen closing down shops and a Nigerian man was heard lamenting over what he perceived as wickedness of the Ghanaian authorities has appeared on the social media.
In the now-viral video, the Nigerian man alleged that he has been paying all form of taxes expected of him and the authorities did not ask for the documents before closing down his shop.
Protesting against the closure of his shop by Ghana authorities, the man said, “What you people are doing is evil? We register, we pay taxes, you ask us to pay money. Why are you people doing this? It is evil. You can lock the shop. We do not have power. It is true what you people are doing is evil.
“Everybody can see, the Ghana citizens are watching, everybody is watching. They have given me assessment, I have paid the money, 30 per cent, as they said. I have been paying. Why are they closing my shop? Why are they not askinf me the necessary document.
“I have it, the whole world should see it. We are suffering in Ghana. If they want us to go, let go. They should give us time I will sell off my things and go. I can be paying taxes and they are doing this.”
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The video has sparked outrage among Nigerians, who are shocked that their neighbours in Ghana could treat Nigerians so badly, despite the geographical proximity.
This is coming few weeks armed men demolished a section of the Nigerian Embassy in Ghana that is under construction.
Meanwhile, the president of the Nigerian Traders Union in Ghana, Chukwuemeka Nnaji told NAN that shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Accra were locked up by Ghanaian authorities who demanded evidence of their Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) registration.
According to the GIPC, for general trading, the requirement is $1,000,000 minimum foreign equity, while registration fee is 31,500 cedis.
Nnaji explained that most of the traders could not afford the requirements for the registration, which they were given two weeks to pay.
He added that an inter-ministerial taskforce went round on August 10 to identify shops owned by Nigerian traders, requesting their registration of business taxes, resident permit, standard control and the GIPC.
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