Area4Area:
What is the percentage of our export to Ghana compared to our GDP, equally compare your export to Nigeria with your GDP and tell us which has a higher proportion.

With this, both are still insignificant to each nation economy.( it is less than 0.7/0.5 of their respective economy) but Nigeria case may be diffrence. Ghana follow closely behind Zambia are the two country with largest penetration of African goods. Ghana themselves have very weak access to African market. . probably the worst in africa, the reason Ghana fought for AFCTA secretariat to be able to annexed African state. Ghanaian economy is set up in a way that is not dependable on African market but Europe market . Nigeria is annexing everywhere, foreign trade is more profitable than local trade. one tuber of yam exported abroad is more profitable than 10 tuber of yam consumed locally. Nigeria and Ghana can not sustained the trade war. both country with more dependable on ones market will be worst hit.

psychologygh:
We began deporting Nigerians in the 60s and we have resumed in 2019.You millions of Nigerians living in Ghana will cry xenophobia again when it happens. USA,China whatever choose Ghana over Nigeria just as Toyota and other companies that relocated from Nigeria to Ghana choose Ghana over Nigeria because we have better energy,very peaceful country, less crime,better tax incentives, better port and habours systems and second largest economy in West Africa and so when they produce their items here,they export it to West Africa in the name of ECOWAS. Why do you think they're building the Africa Free Trade Agreement Headquarters in Accra,Ghana. We beat you widely in the World bank Ease of doing business countries. Any sane business man will choose Ghana over Nigeria.

This guy self don forget say na Nigerian get Nairaland

Secondly maybe na one place he dey for Lagos here , Working

Don't worry , let it just start . Na you den go first locate , send you back by road ;
All this yeye Ghanaian plenty for offa Kwara state frying meat and fish pie

psychologygh:
are you alright. Check the amount of exports Ghana exports to Nigeria compared to what Nigeria exports to Ghana. Ghana doesn't need any ECOWAS and if there's a trade war,Nigeria loses 159 million dollars whilst Ghana loses just 80 million dollars. Ghana exports over 17 billion dollars of goods just in 2018 and Nigeria is not even among top 10 export countries of Ghana even in Africa.All our products are exported outside Africa.Its the millions of Nigerians and their businesses in Ghana who loses not Ghana so think well before trying anything foolish with us.We never rely on your zoo.We're not Benin Republic. It's just that those trucks had already set off so they don't know if they should return back. If they do and we start retaliating, hope you don't cry xenophobia again.

I saw the stats and references you quoted
All the things that Ghana export to Nigeria that made them have superior trade to Nigeria are not things that cant be produced in Nigeria and most of them are pleasure goods examples Alomo bitter, Madam Aseta bitters etc
The only people the border closure will benefit in long term is Nigerians and Nigeria
The rise of North Korea came about when they made the decision, " WHAT WE CANNOT PRODUCE IN OUR COUNTRY, WE DONT NEED IT"
If Nigeria can toe this line we will start producing our own 'Alomo bitter', 'Aseta bitters"

chrisagyei:
She is a diplomat,she hardly issue warning, it's GUTA who petitioned her and warned her of retaliation if the issues is not resolved cos when they started their aluta which is in the Ghanaian constitution legally that no foreigner is suppose to start any business in Ghana except when you have a capital of 1 million dollars, it was this same government who calmed them down because you people were like close friends of ours and so they are not even calling for you people to open your borders.They are now justifying why they did and should do what they did nationwide and retaliate by closing the Ghanaian borders because you have shown bad faith.That's why your ambassador is reasoning with the minister's call to forward it because it can be ugly.She doesn't want to retaliate quickly but wants to know if our trucks should return back so the trade war begins.

come you this Ghanian this table you are shaking is way higher than your pay grade, the dog should always learn to obey his master. Did I hear you say trade war? If we vex do more your president will have no option than coming to beg, what bennin republic is going through is a tip of the iceberg, though I feel for the common man, but choose your words wisely and always seek for better information. BTW what is a Ghanian doing in our naira land forum spying

psychologygh:
Can't you read.It says 4th in ECOWAS, West Africa. Ghana trades more between Burkina Faso and Cote D'Ivoire than Nigeria. Nigeria is number 4 in West Africa and that amount is just 80 million dollars which can't even pay salaries of teachers in Greater Accra for even 3 months.

So why did you say this before;

psychologygh:
Nigeria is not even among top 10 export countries of Ghana even in Africa.

Stay one place make Ojuelegba thunder no strike you this morning.

capitalzero:


You are actually right. if the other west Africa nations gang up against Nigeria. Nigerians living in those nations will feel the heat. while I support closure of borders, can government sustain it? It is fire brigade approach.

You are missing the point
Nigeria is not out to hurt anybody but to protect itself, yet all her enemy in friends clothing are kicking
We are not closing anybody business or going about victimization, what we are saying is pass through the port so we can collect our duties period.

psychologygh:
What is happening is the border closure came without any announcements so the already left trucks had to be prevented from entering. That is why the minister is telling the ambassador to inform your officials to allow those trucks already there to enter because currently, Nigerian trucks keep entering into Ghana without any stoppage.If you have issues with Benin, don't involve Ghana. Your ambassador has understood it that Ghana is not the target so he will inform the authorities to allow those trucks to enter.And we don't depend on any Nigerian market cos we already have international buyers and Nigeria cannot afford to even buy our exports worth over 17 billion dollars yearly. Our partners are in Asia,Europe and the USA.South Africa is the only African nation who buys our goods of about 12%.Nigeria and Ghana have no trade relationships except the 80 million dollars Ghana exports to Nigeria and 159 million dollars Nigeria exports to Ghana which Nigeria will loose more if both countries close their borders.Now Ghana has not retaliates yet.

even we that live here were not informed before the closure n since your findings say we have more to loose your gvt should stop trucks going into GH n let trade war begin it won't take long to before we start counting scores to know the biggest losers and winners intact this ECOWAS of a thing Nig is loosing more than we gain from it what's the the essence, it has lost it instead of we gaining Nig has become a dump yard and even the free movement of persons is not guaranteed and even those Nigerians making use of the opportunity are doing it at the detriment of the nation because at the end they either smuggle things in or bring things that would kill the economy it has lost it essence, if Nig gvt compromise and let the truck in they have broken their policy and they should let truck of foreign rice and goods in as well

plus I wish they could deploy helicopters and custom and immigration van and personnel to the borders in the northern part of Ng that route is so porous I saw a video of how smuggled rice are coming on bikes via north omo it is just too much those bikes are up to 1k

kushercain:


So why did you say this before;



Stay one place make Ojuelegba thunder no strike you this morning.

Africa is different and bigger than West Africa. ECOWAS is just West Africa which has only 15 countries as members and even with that,Nigeria is not part of top three countries that import Ghanaian goods buh is number 4.Africa is much bigger and has 54 countries and Nigeria is not among top ten countries that buy or import Ghanaian goods.Don't you underatand!!

Commentor:


When would Trump come out of his impeachment saga?

I wonder for some nairalanders o! Election is next month, impeachment saga that just started.

psychologygh:
Stupid talk and do you think the LNG is for free.And we produce our own crude and buy proper refined crude from Europe not Nigeria who can't even refine a quarter of their oil.Why do you think you're the only one who sells LNG.You rather loose if we decide not to buy your LNG and by God's grace we now produce our own LNG now so we don't buy yours again.Listen,our energy sector is far stable and better than yours with blackouts everyday in your country. We enjoy 24/7 electricity throughout the year in Ghana which is a dream in Nigeria

. Ghana is just alilbit bigger than Lagos so if you don't achieve 24hours power supply don't you think that would be shameful?.

We go see who go first tire

benzzyno:
. Ghana is just alilbit bigger than Lagos so if you don't achieve 24hours power supply don't you think that would be shameful?.

This is a shameful response.America is two times bigger than nigeria and so its Brazil. And this country enjoy constant electricity supply. what contribute to power supply is infrastructure and administration not population. Ghana a country a bit more than lagos is having the same power capacity with Nigeria (5000 plus megawatts) and putting over 85 percent of her nation on national grid . that is commendable and what Nigeria can learn about.

WorWorBoy2:
Nanatrendy go tell your presdient we will not open our borders, you Ghanians are useless you contribute nothing to Nigeria development.

You Ghanaians should do your worst, we don't care.

no problem it's a perfect opportunity to push the 5 million plus nigerians causing nuisance in the country out.

HOW CAN A COUNTRY CLOSE ENTIRE BORDER BECAUSE OF SO CALLED RICE SMUGGLING??

WHY NOT IMPROVE BORDER PATROL

psychologygh:
are you alright. Check the amount of exports Ghana exports to Nigeria compared to what Nigeria exports to Ghana. Ghana doesn't need any ECOWAS and if there's a trade war,Nigeria loses 159 million dollars whilst Ghana loses just 80 million dollars. Ghana exports over 17 billion dollars of goods just in 2018 and Nigeria is not even among top 10 export countries of Ghana even in Africa.All our products are exported outside Africa.Its the millions of Nigerians and their businesses in Ghana who loses not Ghana so think well before trying anything foolish with us.We never rely on your zoo.We're not Benin Republic. It's just that those trucks had already set off so they don't know if they should return back. If they do and we start retaliating, hope you don't cry xenophobia again.

This guy is talking nonsense. Ignore him.

Biodun556:


What of Ghanaians doing business in Nigeria?

The percentage can be compared. It's obvious and even a blind man knows there are alot Nigerians in Ghana than vice versa. This is not suppose to be a show of strenght or who is more powerful. It will both affect both countries if this goes on but will affect Nigerians more. With the current poverty ratio on the country. West Africa don't need this at this time a region that is one of the poorest in the world, who is suppose to do free trade zone if not West Africa.

WhoBeThisMan:
my guy with all due respect shut up. If Nigeria should reciprocate the treatment you guys give Nigerians over there, your economy will be on it's knees. Ask your father's wht happened before.

There have to be tolerance and mutual understanding onn both sides . Don think Ghana have the Monopoly of "doing any how"

Ghana economy is growing at a 8% rate while Nigeria's is at a disgraceful 1.9% rate. Closed border can only slow down Ghanas economy for a short while but it will.later spring back as it's fundamentals are quite strong unlike Nigeria's.

I am Nigerian by the way.

allthingsgood:


Ghana can't even win against Lagos, let alone the whole Nigeria. Lol

You guys have it wrong

If Nigeria should continue like this, a country like Ghana with good fundamentals will simply switch production towards other markets. Nigeria is only the biggest market in Africa but not in the world.Smart countries simply diversify the countries they export to. A volatile country like Nigeria becomes a pariah.

There are at least 10 US states with economies bigger than Nigeria. Nigeria in reality is small.fry in the league of countries. Nigeria is doing itself a disservice by closing it's borders.

A time to be a proud Nigerian.
Never thought i will say this, ride on Mr President but, but sir imagine electricity is stable cost of production of local goods will reduce especially in rice production as it also requires electricity to mill the rice among other things like tomatoes etc

saajus:
Una don talk well. Great Analysis. Your analysis is perfect if we are dealing with sane climes. Ali said, since the border closure Nigeria Customs is now generating over 5Billion Naira daily which is like 2-2.5Billion more than what we used to generate. Let's use 2Billion Naira as an example, 2 x 365, that's 730Billion Naira ($2.05Billion). Baba, $2.05 don nullify all those losses altogether if you combine all West African countries. Aside from that, locals are making great gains alongside. In the same vein, we won't also subsidize smuggled fuel for Benin, Togo, Ghana & Co. In fact, a rice mill owner in Jigawa said his company sold half of the stock that has been kept for one year in one week. He just employed hundreds of youths cos he can't keep up with demands.
Border closure can never be the answer but, I think Naija Govt is using this to send a warning to Benin Rep. The smuggling is free flow in that border. Too easy.I think Benin Govt stylishly encourages it. How can a country of 11million people suddenly become 6th Largest Rice importer in the world? Who dey chop am? Naija Govt is losing over $45Billion annually because of loopholes. Chinese guys dey cut rosewood almost free in NW/NE, losing $2Billion annually. Illegal mining in NW, losing $1Billion annually. Oil theft in Niger Delta, losing $12Billion annually according to nigerianrc report in 2018. I believe oil theft is much more, it's around $20B annually. Who are taking advantage of the loopholes? The rich. Abi, me and you fit snuggle 25 tankers/drums (25 x 20k Liters) of fuel in one day. 500k Liters. That's what Ali guys seized from one badass smuggler a few days ago. Imagine if all those are sold for 316 Naira/Liter (official PMS price) in Benin Rep. That is subsidized fuel bought for 142 Naira/Liter in Naija. That's why I pity citizens wey dey praise some of our Elites, dem no know say they are part of the problem.Na we dey kill each other in this country. It's a lie if someone tells you Nigeria is poor, we only have leaders who can't solve problems.. Imagine what Nigeria could do with that extra $45Billion loopholes. If we just dedicate that to education lasan, our Universities will be badasses. $45Billion can give us nice railway networks throughout the country. $45B can build 40 world class hospitals. Imagine if we now consistently make that $45B for 10years. I wish I could do brain transplants for millions of our youths that are just dormant and chasing Bet9ja/BBN "up and down". We need to fight and put the right leadership in place. We can't continue this way.

This post touch me

Nanatrendy:
no problem it's a perfect opportunity to push the 5 million plus nigerians causing nuisance in the country out.

We don't care do your worse,

Ghanians are useless they contribute nothing to Nigeria growth. Drag every Nigerians living in that shlthole Ghana,we don't care.

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grandstar:


You guys have it wrong

If Nigeria should continue like this, a country like Ghana with good fundamentals will simply switch production towards other markets. Nigeria is only the biggest market in Africa but not in the world.Smart countries simply diversify the countries they export to. A volatile country like Nigeria becomes a pariah.

There are at least 10 US states with economies bigger than Nigeria. Nigeria in reality is small.fry in the league of countries. Nigeria is doing itself a disservice by closing it's borders.

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Trash really. Ghana is not and can never be bigger than nigeria, ever!

psychologygh:
And you think Ghana cares about 80 million dollars. Our free SHS alone cost us 500 million dollars in just one year.One Ghanaian business man is worth times ten of that 80 million dollars. It's chicken change in Ghana. You should buy boko haram and tame them rather or better still,buy Niger Republic and let them stop controlling your country. Stupid talk.Do you know the worth of goods Ghana exports a year alone.That 17 billion dollars will fund 70% of your 25 billion budget for 200 million cows,sorry people.

You boast and malign out of ignorance of he facts.

https://www.energymixreport.com/ghana-still-owes-nigeria-160m-for-gas-supply/

This was as at 2018.

King44:
even we that live here were not informed before the closure n since your findings say we have more to loose your gvt should stop trucks going into GH n let trade war begin it won't take long to before we start counting scores to know the biggest losers and winners intact this ECOWAS of a thing Nig is loosing more than we gain from it what's the the essence, it has lost it instead of we gaining Nig has become a dump yard and even the free movement of persons is not guaranteed and even those Nigerians making use of the opportunity are doing it at the detriment of the nation because at the end they either smuggle things in or bring things that would kill the economy it has lost it essence, if Nig gvt compromise and let the truck in they have broken their policy and they should let truck of foreign rice and goods in as well

plus I wish they could deploy helicopters and custom and immigration van and personnel to the borders in the northern part of Ng that route is so porous I saw a video of how smuggled rice are coming on bikes via north omo it is just too much those bikes are up to 1k

TYPICAL APC REASONING...HARSH, UNFEELING, IMPACTLESS AND POINTLESS

psychologygh:
are you serious.We export over 17 billion dollars worldwide and you are telling me 80 million dollars. 80 million dollars is less than 0.5% of our exports if you care to know.and they don't mean shit to us.Those are even former Nigerian companies who were forced to relocate to Ghana to continue manufacturing into your market because of your lack of energy and necessary business friendly infrastructure. Nigeria means nothing to Ghana okay. Even in ECOWAS, you're 4th in terms of Ghana exports partners.159 million dollars that you import to Ghana is far double than 80 million dollars we export to Nigeria so your country loose more when a trade war begins.

What are the things Ghana manufactures and what are the things Ghana exports

Titogbanski:


TYPICAL APC REASONING...HARSH, UNFEELING, IMPACTLESS AND POINTLESS

hmm pained u bah it's a normal something

chrisagyei:
****did you hear her.Nigerian goods are entering into Ghana freely buh you refuse these trucks who had already set off entry so they want to even return back.And GUTA was told to open Nigerian shops and stop the protest because you Nigerians run to these same ECOWAS to cry free trade agreement. Over 400 Nigerian shops were locked in just one town in another city called Kumasi alone which was just a spare parts dealership town.Imagine the millions of Nigerians who will go hungry in Ghana had GUTA locked up your shops and closed Nigerian retail businesses throughout Ghana. They just sounded a warning to the minister to inform you that if Ghana retaliates, it will be very ugly so stop saying trash.

let GHANA retaliate! It's even high time Nigeria goes Nationalist and "Nigeria First" instead of deceiving with Pan Africanism when you lots still don't appreciate us some of you even Hate Nigerians,what did Nigerians do for you to lock there shops in Ghana?? Was the border closed then? The answer is NO! You lots just decided to Flex muscle now we are JUST STARTING to flex ours! To hell with ECOWAS ! Nigeria First!

chrisagyei:
****did you hear her.Nigerian goods are entering into Ghana freely buh you refuse these trucks who had already set off entry so they want to even return back.And GUTA was told to open Nigerian shops and stop the protest because you Nigerians run to these same ECOWAS to cry free trade agreement. Over 400 Nigerian shops were locked in just one town in another city called Kumasi alone which was just a spare parts dealership town.Imagine the millions of Nigerians who will go hungry in Ghana had GUTA locked up your shops and closed Nigerian retail businesses throughout Ghana. They just sounded a warning to the minister to inform you that if Ghana retaliates, it will be very ugly so stop saying trash.

babe I am in ghana. Nigerians are not finding it easy there. Everything is blame on nigerians. I real want every west African countries to close there border. If there is no business in ghana no nigerian will be there. Imagine the ghana film industry. If you are a Nigerian and you want to go for audition. Even in audition room you will hear the Ghanaians telling you to go back to your country. Meanwhile many Ghanaian hammer in Nigeria till today.

allthingsgood:


Ghana can't even win against Lagos, let alone the whole Nigeria. Lol

hey!! See wicked savagery Bros please take it easy na pity shatta bundle people even though they make noise when they can't even match the North East Enconomy

Kennyswagz1:
What are the things Ghana manufactures and what are the things Ghana exports

Ghana already have our market who buys our exports and we never depend on any African country to buy our products cos you guys can't even afford it and you can't use these materials to generate finished goods cos you don't even have the factories and investors who will buy these products. We export goods worth over 17 billion dollars and our buyers are all outside Africa. Nigeria only buys just 80 million dollars of our products which represents less than 0.5% of our exports.

allthingsgood:
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Trash really. Ghana is not and can never be bigger than nigeria, ever!

Ghana's economy does not need to be bigger than Nigeria. As long as its per capita income is high, that's all that matters.

South Korea's economy isn't as big as China's but it's per capita income is at least $31,000 making it a rich country. This is more than triple that of China.

Brazil is the largest economy in South America but not the most prosperous. The 2 most prosperous are Chile and Uruguay.

chrisagyei:
****did you hear her.Nigerian goods are entering into Ghana freely buh you refuse these trucks who had already set off entry so they want to even return back.And GUTA was told to open Nigerian shops and stop the protest because you Nigerians run to these same ECOWAS to cry free trade agreement. Over 400 Nigerian shops were locked in just one town in another city called Kumasi alone which was just a spare parts dealership town.Imagine the millions of Nigerians who will go hungry in Ghana had GUTA locked up your shops and closed Nigerian retail businesses throughout Ghana. They just sounded a warning to the minister to inform you that if Ghana retaliates, it will be very ugly so stop saying trash.

Huge? What is the population of Ghana?