Prince Ademola Ajiboye a 45yrs old pharmacist, a presiding pastor of The First Baptist Church Kumasi, a visionary entrepreneur, a degree holder in Banking and Finance at the University of Lagos Nigeria and a Secretary to the All Nigerians Community who owns a pharmacy store at the suburb area of Roman Hill in Asawase Constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana spoke with The Nigerian Voice Magazine today on the challenges facing the Nigerian traders in Ghana.
According to him, as the secretary to the All Nigerian Community, he explained that they got so many complains recently from their colleagues especially Igbo tribes who have come to invest into the country and are into selling of spare parts.
Most of them having dominated that trade and being a member of The All Nigerian Community complained that they are made to pay a gargantuan amount of money and this they see as a calculated idea to chase them out of the trade market.
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He suggested that with regards to those who are manufacturing and wholesalers, the Government can recommend such amount but not to the petty traders like the retailers.
He however emphasized that the cause of the problem is the fact that Nigerians are very hardworking and less success should not be expected of them and most Ghanaians tends to envy the ability of Nigerians in trade.
He re-emphasized that they have been doing their best to make sure the Ghana Government becomes considerate to them on the issue as far as ECOWAS Treaty is concerned but to him, its seems the ECOWAS Treaty has only just been a name of no reality due to the fact that when Nigerian traders tends to have a problem with the locals who are equally into the same trade, it’s always a rough deal because the locals always liaison with these Government controlling bodies and mounting pressure on the Nigerians.
He hinted that the Nigerian High Commission has been notified about the issued and has been to Kumasi twice to address the issue which has gotten to a level that the Ghanaians are no longer accommodating as they used to be.
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He also expressed worries that even the Nigerian Ambassador to Ghana in person of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro addressed the issue but it’s still not yielding a positive result.
He however pleaded with the Nigerian Government not to relent on this issue and help find a lasting solution because there are so many Ghanaian traders in Nigeria as well and much is not expected of them and he concluded that if only the Ghana Government understands the objectives of the AU and ECOWAS then they should learn to accommodate each other.
By
Akinola Bukola Beatrice
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