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– The Senate begins investigation of alleged threats and attacks on Nigerian businesses in Ghana
– Ifeanyi Ubah, a senator from Anambra, explains the alleged pathetic situations of Nigerian businesses in Ghana
– The Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, confirms that threats to Nigerian businesses in Ghana had been ongoing
The Senate has commenced investigation into the alleged attacks on Nigerian businesses in Ghana.
Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly took the decision during plenary on Tuesday, December 17.
Following the decision of the Senate, a joint committee on foreign affairs and trade and investments would meet with the foreign affairs ministry of Nigeria to carry out the investigation and understand the status of Nigerian in Ghana.
While speaking on the motion, its sponsor, Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South noted that Nigerian businesses had helped Ghana’s economy by creating thousands of jobs for the citizens of the country.
According to him, Nigerian businesses accounted for 60% of foreign investments in Ghana as at the end of 2010.
He lamented that Nigerian businesses have recently come under serious threats as a result of Ghana’s hostility and the activities of the country’s trade unions.
He said Ghana established an investment promotion commission act which raised the amount for registering businesses owned by foreigners to $200,000.
The commission further restricted and prohibited foreigners from trading in particular markets.
He said as a result, businesses owned by Nigerians faced molestation leading to the closure of over six hundred shops and carried out by the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) on December 2, 2019.
He said one of the ways Ghana’s government is frustrating Nigerian businesses is the requirement of proof that they brought $1 million into the country as applicable to citizens of non-ECOWAS member states such as China and India.
Contributing, Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf, described the allegations as speculative.
“I support the intendment of this motion, it is very good and the intendment is excellent. However, I differ from the procedure of achieving the intendment of this motion.
“Some few weeks ago, we passed a bill here on procurement, and we were trying to protect the interest of our local or indigenous companies,” he said.
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On his part, principal officer, Enyinnaya Abaribe, argued that the motion aims at protecting citizens living out of Nigeria.
Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, noted that it was time for Nigeria to engage the Ghanaian authorities with the single mind of getting a solution to the problem as he added that “this has been happening for a long time.”
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, recently advised President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to adhere to the supreme law in Nigeria.
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