Ghanaian traders have locked up about 15 Foreign shops at Opera Square in protest of their involvement in retail trade.
The traders this morning embarked on an exercise to relock shops they closed last week, according to them they had information that the foreigners had used land guards to open the locked up shops.
The traders have on many occasions both in Accra and Kumasi locked up shops of foreigners in the retail business.Â
Some of the traders who locked up the shops in an interview with Citi FM said they are simply enforcing the laws of Ghana.
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"It's getting out of hand, they should calm down so we talk it's a simple thing, the law is not being followed that is what we are talking about, we are not saying they shouldn't work here but it should be on the.......that is what we are fighting now."
The Accra Regional Police Commander DCOP Fred Adu Anim said both parties should refrain from open confrontation as they wait for the various authorities to find a lasting solution to the issue.
"Barely a week ago some of these Nigerian shops were closed, actually we did not like the way the shops were closed because GUTA members took the law into their own hands, while still negotiating with them we heard that the Nigerians have reopened their shops, two wrongs did not make it right so in order to avert any breach of peace we have to come in to ensure that the Nigerian shops are reclosed in the interest of peace so that the previous negotiation which is ongoing should continue...."
Ghanaian traders last week locked up about 52 foreign shops at Opera Square.
Shops targeted are that of Nigerians and Chinese and as at the time of the report, about 52 shops had been locked up.
In July this year, a scuffle also ensued between Ghanaian traders and Nigerian traders at the Opera Square in Accra when the Ghanaian traders decided to lock up Nigerian shops.
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It was a violent scene as the Nigerians also resisted the attempt by their counterparts to lock up their shops.
One of the executives of the Ghana Electrical Dealers Association, the group leading the attack, Kofi Ofori said the activities of the foreigners are affecting their businesses.
"We are telling the foreigners to leave the market, we have a wholesale market for them and not the retail, it is not helpful we have tried our best to let them know that what they are doing is wrong but they will not listen..."
A similar incident happened last month at the Opare Square and Suame Magazine in Kumasi, shops of foreigners were locked up in protest of their involvement in the retail business.
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