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Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by jswitch(m): 1:51pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Despite largely prosperous diplomatic and trade relations over the last few decades, relations between Nigeria and Ghana have soured in recent months. Unless cooler heads prevail, the wide-ranging dispute may threaten growth and democracy in West Africa’s two most powerful nations. Considering the political and economic repercussions of previous feuds, especially against the backdrop of the pandemic, it’s surprising that the Ghanaian government under incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari have failed to quell public anger. While the Akufo-Addo government in Ghana pleads ignorance of any wrongdoing, Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) officials have been locking Nigerian-owned storefronts, seizing warehoused goods, and demolishing trading centres. So far, GUTA officials have forcibly closed 600 Nigerian shops in 2019 and 250 Nigerian shops in 2020. According to Nigerian business owners, recent government regulations have made it near-impossible for foreign nationals to receive approval for a retail trading permit. Despite widespread condemnation from Ghana’s own Trade Ministry, Akufo-Addo — in what is likely an attempt to curry political favour with Ghana’s industrialists — has obstructed any attempt to find a civilized solution. Akufo-Addo’s government has also been implicated in the seizure and demolishing of a building in the Nigerian High Commission compound in Accra. Under international law, this unscheduled destruction of a diplomatic compound is in contravention of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Aside from international legal questions, the Akufo-Addo government has also been accused of illegal deportation of Nigerian citizens. In a strongly-worded official statement, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information & Culture denounced Akufo-Addo for his incendiary rhetoric and tepid engagement with Nigerian representatives. In the same statement, the Federal Ministry of Information & Culture formally accused Ghanaian authorities of unlawful persecution of Nigerian-born foreign nationals and repeated breaches of the Vienna Convention. With tensions between Nigeria and Ghana threatening to boil over, representatives of the Nigerian government have been diplomatically obstructed and stonewalled. Akufo-Addo’s impulsive treatment of Nigerian representatives is a microcosm of a broader trend of his government’s inattention and neglect amid an election year – a trend that has now turned a minor trade dispute into a major political crisis. Ironically, by prioritizing his own reelection campaign, Akufo-Addo has allowed a diplomatic row with Nigeria to escalate to the point where it now threatens to undermine crucial bilateral economic relations. After a COVID-19 induced economic contraction sent Ghana’s growth forecasts to a 37-year low, mounting tensions with Nigeria threaten to hurt Ghanaians jobs and incomes as the country rely heavily on Nigerian imports and trade. Over one million Nigerians work in Ghana, an important part of the labour force in the West African nation. Ghana’s $165 million worth of exports to Nigeria could also suffer from the tensions, weighing heavily on Ghana’s jobs and incomes. Ghana’s crucial imports from Nigeria are also predicted to decline if a diplomatic solution is not reached. Last year, 17% of Ghana’s total imports came from Nigeria, including food and beverages, minerals, and even boats to support Ghana’s fishing and maritime industries. A breakdown in trade relations between Ghana and Nigeria would likely leave Ghana reeling – a weakened budget, expensive food, and labour shortages. Mindful of the looming public relations nightmare, Akufo-Addo has turned to the media to shore up crumbling public opinion. Even as diplomatic channels are left unattended, the Akufo-Addo government has had no problem leveraging its influence over state-run broadcasters and friendly radio channels to snipe at Nigerian policymakers and attack the Nigerian business community in Ghana. This is especially concerning due to the Nigerian accusation of a “Media war against Nigerians in Ghana.” Akufo-Addo’s National Patriotic Party’s brazen appropriation of public communications is especially disheartening considering that Ghana was once regarded as a regional bastion of democracy and press freedom. In the last three years, Ghana has seen the closing of radio stations tied to opposition groups, and broadcast contracts awarded to the close friends of influential NPP members like Kennedy Agyapong and Gabby Asare Otchere Darko. If conditions on the ground in Ghana continue to deteriorate at their current pace, what started as a modest diplomatic row regarding foreign-owned small businesses could quickly escalate to a serious regression in bilateral relations between Nigeria and Ghana. The dramatic downturn in bilateral relations between the countries could isolate Ghana’s economy, increase prices, and crush the local job market. As Akufo-Addo nears the end of a divisive re-election campaign, he needs to understand that Ghana does not need an economic feud with Nigeria. Source: Vanguard Newspaper |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by mariahAngel(f): 2:05pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
One motivational speaker has been lying to Ghana. 5 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by edoairways: 2:09pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
After the elections things might likely change |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 3:33pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Who wrote this nonsense? Nigerians and their deluded self-importance! Look at your country. Shameless and baseless claims, that is all Nigerians know. Let nigerians leave Ghana and lets see if Ghana will even feel it. Arrant crap! 2 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 3:35pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
1 Like |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by mariahAngel(f): 7:57pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Torture2020: You want to bet on it? Dude! They can do nothing without us! |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 8:39pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Keep on deluding yiurself it is this kind of deluded and twisted stupid feeling of self-importance that has brought Nigeria to its present state charity begins from home. Nigeria is the laughing stock of the world deluded mudder fuggerz mariahAngel: |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 8:53pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Torture2020: Ghana has only ONE modern airport, in Accra. Here is Ghana's 2nd biggest airport in Kumasi: Here is Ghana's 3rd bigest airport, Takoradi. Here is Nigeria's 2nd main airport, in Abuja: Here is Nigeria's 3rd biggest airport in Port Harcourt: Here is Nigeria's 4th biggest airport in Kano: Here is Nigeria's 7th biggest airport in Asaba: Here is Nigeria's 10th biggest airport, Dutse International: Here is Nigeria's 12th main airport, in Benin City. LESSON: Ghana is a VILLAGE compared to Nigeria. Not even a village. A HAMLET. 5 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Cjrane2: 9:00pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Nigerians always have a bloated megalomanic view of the true Nigeria. The longer Nigeria closed its borders, the clearer it became to other West African countries that they could indeed survive without Nigeria! Unfortunately with the prolonged border closure, Nigeria has done its worst and the economies of other West african countries did not collapse as envisaged, Nigeria now has next to nothing powers to dictate issues in the region. In time, Ghana will totally overcome its initial shock occassioned by closing of Nigeria's borders and they will implement other punitive measures to hurt Nigeria too. 2 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by mariahAngel(f): 9:00pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
[s] Torture2020:[/s] Chale, jas shet ap! Ghana need Nigeria to matter. 2 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by mariahAngel(f): 9:03pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Cjrane2: Like a wise man once said "blaaaaaa...blaaaaaaaaaast....blah!" 1 Like |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by helinues: 9:03pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
And his re-election is coming on December. Ghanaians know better though |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Cjrane2: 9:07pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Rosskii: Interesting I was just wondering why the terminal buildings of the 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th busiest airports in Nigeria were not posted. could they not be found on the internet or is there something we are not proud as a country to show the Ghanaians? Personally, i think like most Africans that Ghanaians are a bunch of scumbags. But it must be said that they have managed to grow their country while we managed to retrogress. You rememebr it was not too long ago that thier cedi was falling like a rock. Somehow, they managed to get sound people into government that did the magic and redenominated their Cedi. Think of our falling Naira today and if we will get such people due to our intrinsic issues. The fact that Nigerians now run to Ghana as "abroad" should let you know what we have become as a country. |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 9:08pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Nigeria is a damn fvcking parasite! Get it into your generator-fumes compromised brain that Ghana doesn’t need a poverty-stricken zoo mariahAngel: |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:10pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Cjrane2: Simply can't be bothered posting them all as it would take up too much of my time. Nothing wrong with the airports. |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:13pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Cjrane2: The pictures alone posted above show we have NOT 'retrogressed', and it is all in your mind. These pics can be repllcated in all sectors, from rail to roads to bridges, universities etc, to show that NIGERIA IS FAR MORE ADVANCED THAN GHANA. The fact that Nigerians now run to Ghana as "abroad" should let you know what we have become as a country. Stop talking ignorant rubbish. The Nigerian market is saturated. Nigerians are natural traders and entrepreneurs and will seek less competitive environments elsewhere. The Chinese and Indians and Lebanese do the EXACT SAME THING, and you kiss their butts. When Nigerians do the same, you call them all sorts of names and claim foolishly that Nigeria has 'failed'. But India and China have not 'failed' when their people travel all over the world to make money. Get your head right. 5 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Cjrane2: 9:14pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Rosskii:I have a better and more truthful reason. But for the sake of preserving Nigeria's unity in the face of Ghanaian onslaught, i will refrain from exposing them here. |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 9:16pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Can you imagine this nonsense! You have airports, and yet Nigeria is a certified shiithole Nigeria is a country built on pretense They pretend to be rich when they are poor as church rats naija go get sense by force Nigeria is about deceit. The fuckery and uselessness runs deep Rosskii: |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by mariahAngel(f): 9:16pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Torture2020: Guy, go entertain yourself with Big brother naija. We bring excitement and entertainment to Africa as a whole. 1 Like |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:19pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Torture2020: If Nigeria is a 'shithole', what do you call Ghana, that has only ONE modern airport in the entire country? That's not even worthy of shit. 2 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Cjrane2: 9:22pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Rosskii: Again, i don't know if you have been to Ghana recently or even read latest FDI trend into Africa to understand why people laugh at Nigerians who grandstand on our past glory. Hopefully on another solely Nigerian topic, i'll be able to point out these issues so that you can understand how far we have fallen. That even rwanda's Kigali is now rated above most of our cities. You probably see nothing wrong with it. 3 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:22pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Cjrane2: I challenge you to ''expose'' anything. You are talking utter rubbish. |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 9:22pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
How is it Ghana's fault that Nigeria is a certified shiithole? how is it Ghana's fault that Nigeria’s generator-powered economy is in recession. E don enter recession soon it will enter depression . Biggest shiithole country mariahAngel: 1 Like |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:26pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Cjrane2: Kigali is rated ''above'' our cities? Rated how, and by whom, and on what criteria? Look, I'm not some kid with inferiority complex like most of you idiots here. Where have YOU been to in Ghana? Outside Accra what is there? Even in Accra, what is there? Their second city, Kumasi, is not even comparable to Enugu or Owerri in infrastructure. So WHAT IS THERE IN GHANA? Tell me. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 9:26pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Stupid argument!when did the number of airports in a country determine economic performance? Very very stupid statement fir a shambolic mudder fugger to make the shiithole country is on fire. Shitnigerians and their stupid logic. Rosskii: |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:30pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Torture2020: If Ghana's economic performance is so great how come she only has one airport? Do you know of any country on earth with a great economy that has only one modern airport? If your infrastructure is where Nigeria's was in the 1970s, with your goat shed airports unfit for human habitation, how can you claim to have a better economy than Nigeria? Do you have anything like Light Rail in Ghana? 1 Like |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 9:32pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
I will tell you, mudder fugger enjoy your next level of suffering. How many hours of electricity do you get in that sh1thole? How many Nigerians are gainfully employed? People are kidnapped in that shiithole for a ransom of a bottle of coke and gala what a useless and hopeless shiithole called nigeria- will always be a shiithole Rosskii: |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Cjrane2: 9:37pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Rosskii: Again, i will neither use foul words on you, nor expose your clever write up. Truth is that you understand what you avoided and as a Nigerian, this isn't the place to argue with you when you are defending Nigeria. When our Nigerian tribal issues resurface in another thread, then i will comfortably take my igbo postion and you will comfortably take your Yoruba position and we shall do our show as usual. |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 9:38pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
You are talking like a fool since when did airports determine economic prosperity? Yiu have airports, and yet 15 million nigerian children are out of school and roaming the streets. These are the next generation of nigerian terrorists, pr0stitutes, boko haram Ghanaian children are enjoying free education, free feeding, free clothing and free books people in Ghana have been enjoying free water and electricity in the past six months as part of covid 19 palliatives What palliatives are you mudder fuggerz enjoying in that zoo. Electricity and fuel price, food prices are skyrocketing in that shiithole Rosskii: 1 Like |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:40pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Torture2020: It can vary from 24 hrs a day to 5 hrs a day depending on location. But Nigerians use generators so it's not like we are living in darkness. How many Nigerians are gainfully employed? Err...scores of millions.... definitely more than 4 times the entire population of Ghana. Unemployment rate stands at 27% meaning 73% of work -ready Nigerians are gainfully employed. People are kidnapped in that shiithole for a ransom of a bottle of coke and gala what a useless and hopeless shiithole called nigeria- will always be a shiithole 20,000 Americans are shot dead each year by fellow Americans. That's worse than getting kidnapped for gala and coke.. Doesn't stop Nigeria being a great country that's gone far past Ghana's embarrassing level of underdevelopment. 2 Likes |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Torture2020: 9:43pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Poverty, foolishness, and stupidity are the fastest growing industry today in Nigeria Nigeria is at the bottom of the poverty pit weep for your stupidity Rosskii: 1 Like |
Re: Akufo-addo Risks Ghana's Economy By Playing Games With Nigeria by Rosskii: 9:47pm On Sep 10, 2020 |
Torture2020: Funny how you still have a million Ghanaians in Nigeria with Ghana having turned to a phantom paradise on earth in your tiny deluded head. When will your thieving Ghanaian govt develop Kumasi to at least reach Nigeria's 10th major city, Uyo? Kumasi, Ghana Uyo, Nigeria 2 Likes |
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