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.

I dey tell you brother

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. That trade money is chicken feed and mind you we also buy 159 million dollars of your products which we can choose to buy it elsewhere which you will loose that money.Your country is useless to us.

You just dey rant from one comment to another. Ghana wey be say their president and some officials dey beg Nigeria last year for their
inability of Ghana to settle its long-standing debts as stipulated in the gas supply contract.
https://punchng.com/ghana-owes-160m-for-gas-supply-from-nigeria/amp/

ZombieDestroyer:


[b]So you wrote all these crap because you wanted to show us that the Chinese built a two-storey building and named it Ghana Gas Company?! [/b]Smh!!

You Damned stupid . it is not build by the Chinese and neither is it a two complex building . hope you alright?

WorWorBoy2:
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.

you can even decide to build a wall around your country just make sure you stay inside. We don't care about you closing ur borders you have the right to do so, but you need to go about it the right way, give prior notice so nobody's goods become stranded at ur border besides most of those business
men are ur own country men and the thing is there are more nigerian goods in ghana than the other way round so if we retaliate I don't think you would be smiling, but like a popular saying we have in ghana 'God is likely to be ghanaian than nigerian' so we will keep having mercy on you for the time being.

psychologygh:
Are you the only ones who built the gas pipeline. Ghana also built it jointly with other nations.And the LNG is not free.We are charged and thankfully we now have Atuabo gas production plants so we don't buy LNG from you again. We use our own LNG so you can go to hell

Nigerian control all LNG activities in the region , we built it on our own and we can decide to shut it down if we like, accept it and move on Ghana is naija bitch

NigeriaIsDoomed:
chrisagyei una go wise by force.
Buhari, Nigerians go feel am but God bless you for showing these ingrates small pepper

Shey you dey mind that Ghanaian comedian ni??

It seems you are blind from inside Ecowas binds us all for free flow of trade and what Ghana is saying is they put there citizens first not like us if you know you know

dat9jaguy:
GUTA were the ones beefing nigerian traders recently.
Nigeria too much,na common sneeze na him we sneeze,West Africa catch cold.

DarkJeddi:
Don't try to be clever by half,

Ghana imports $159M worth of goods from Nigeria,

Nigeria imports $80M worth of goods from Ghana..

In my books,

That is showing Ghana needs Nigerian goods and services more than Nigeria needs Ghanaian goods and services..

I think you've forgotten there's a country called china where we can get the same thing from Nigeria at a cheaper rate. At the end of the day who really looses?

Don’t tell me you went to school please

ursullalinda:
Really...So na we dey feed all these African countries yet them no dey give us respect. Now they know the boss

We have the population we have the resources but you need to know we are in one organization that binds us together so are you now saying Nigeria is bigger than Ecowas this is affect both countries you need to see this from a different angle quote author=Nanatrendy post=83191100] I think you've forgotten there's a country called china where we can get the same thing from Nigeria at a cheaper rate. At the end of the day who really looses?[/quote]

This issues needs understanding what is call international policy making we need to know we are in the same organization which is Ecowas we need to respect that and find a lasting solution on this because the Ghanaians government values there citizens more than we do and they are still growing there economy and they know this will pull them back and as for us we claim to be the So-called giant of Africa that can’t even see what is beyond our nose

bakescos01:


Please help me sound it louder.. Don't know why they are missing the simple link of Nigerians doing business in Ghana and not allowing Ghana goods go through to Nigeria. Nigerian's always looking for a way to make themselve feel good. Great Giant nation with alot of youths that has failed to use there head and currupt politicians.

Your a bastard hope you know ...Nigerian is still ten times better than Ghana accept and stop being a crying baby

vaxx2:
This is basically thrash. Don't you think so?......

Ghana being an industrial hub for market consume across west africa speaks volume for itself . Ghana buisness can easily target elsewhere if Nigeria really kick start this trade war? before Nigeria independence, Ghana was a memeber of the big boys ( non alinged nation) Ghana was so rich enough to build her volta electric dam, the largest manmade dam in the world. Ghana already operated a working oil refinery before it detected its own oil( refining Nigeria oil in the past)You should note that working economy is not always about size but effective fundamentals.

if you study west africa buisness very well as you claim to think, Nigeria small scale buisness is the most hardest hit. Nigerians are the one plying Ghana route for buisness transaction, Nigerians are the one establishing new transport hub in Ghana day by day, loosing banking licence just because they can't meet the recent adjusted recapitalization. Ghanaian buisness in Nigeria are very strategized. they are into oil drilling and E pharmacy and recently in ICT. Ghana is the new secretariat of Africa continental free trade, that is a leadership role . Ghana will not fight back but rather acted as a diplomat. be expecting Ghana to play more as negotiator rather than a warrior now even if the issue is not related to Ghana directly.

Ghana dependence on Nigeria petrochemical is almost not existing now. the country already have its own infrastructure ( atuabo gas pipeline) if you may know, the country supply above two hundered thousand oil barrels a day and with plan to double production to 5 hundered thousand for a country less than 29 million .

Apart from having the same lingua franca , Ghana was a remarkable force in Nigeria education and democracy progress. it is history now but the record is there.


Anyway the picture below here is the Ghana gas office officially launched this year. it will be the hub where Ghana gas will be deplored . A new plan is on the way to supply petrochemical to cote devoire .......

I was actually expecting a lengthy thesis of agonising rebuttal from you --- any Ghanaian. It's one of your chief traits. It's likened to short-man syndrome, where you feel insecure due to your miniscule economy.

You call Ghana a hub in West Africa. You sound ridiculous. Ghana does not even feature in the top 15 busiest sea ports in Africa and she ranks below ivory Coast in the sub region . As for your alomo bitters targeting elsewhere for markets, you sound thrashy and ignorant. 1 in every 5 African is a Nigerian and we have a total population bigger than the subregion. So how are you going to find an alternative market to Nigeria? You scream from a height of patriotic wishful thinking but far from reality.

If your country feels she has what it takes to retaliate in kind and come away unscathed, she would have opted for that. Talk all you want, that border isn't opening soon. We closed it because we can and we know nothing comes from Ghana that is vital to our economic lifeline

tigger56:
If Nigeria is that small in the global scheme of things then other west African countries combined are non existent. Everyone I know is in support of this border closure because we can see how west Africa leeches of Nigeria and then insults the country contributing 70% of the sub regions economic activities. A middle class 50% in Nigeria is a goldmine for any serious country.I even will go further by saying the Nigerian borders should be totally shut even to western countries. Let’s grow our industrial base by creating a manufacturing capacity for our 200 million people and watch how we become the envy of these minuscule African countries. Let the trade wars begin. I repeat we do not need minuscule west African countries. Benin’s port contributes 30% of its GDP by shipping to Nigeria. No it’s enough!

Pride goes before a fall. Nigeria only has population. In real terms, the country is nothing. Protectionism isn't the way to go. Export or perish should be the watchword now.

This is not an issue about competition between countries but how to lift the economy. Benin can change its fortunes overnight by building 2 massive Special Economic Zones which will totally transform the face of their economy in no time if flooded with foreign investment.

If Ghana's economy can flourish with an open economy, why not Nigeria's? It shows that imports are not the problem.

Nigeria's edge is ebbing. The Ghanian per capita income will soon overtake ours if care is not taken.

What you must also understand is that once Buhari is gone, any incoming government will most likely lift this trade block. It is doing far more damage than good especially to Nigeria's goodwill.

Nanatrendy:
I think you've forgotten there's a country called china where we can get the same thing from Nigeria at a cheaper rate. At the end of the day who really looses?

If you can get them at a cheaper rate,

Why were you trading with Nigeria in the first instance?

How does that even make sense to you?

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.

You really think you have a chance at a trade war with Nigeria? A country with about 65% of west Africa’s gdp? Common do the maths!
Nigeria might be messed up in a lot of things, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it is comparatively much bigger and diverse than even the rest of West African economies combined.

DarkJeddi:


If you can get them at a cheaper rate,

Why were you trading with Nigeria in the first instance?

How does that even make sense to you?

why we are trading with you? Probably some ecowas agreement what else? What at all are you producing that we can't get in China?

Nanatrendy:
you can even decide to build a wall around your country just make sure you stay inside. We don't care about you closing ur borders you have the right to do so, but you need to go about it the right way, give prior notice so nobody's goods become stranded at ur border besides most of those business
men are ur own country men and the thing is there are more nigerian goods in ghana than the other way round so if we retaliate I don't think you would be smiling, but like a popular saying we have in ghana 'God is likely to be ghanaian than nigerian' so we will keep having mercy on you for the time being.

Ghanians are crying because Nigerian gov.close it own borders later they we say they don't need Nigerian .....lol hypocrite nation

Nanatrendy:
I think you've forgotten there's a country called china where we can get the same thing from Nigeria at a cheaper rate. At the end of the day who really looses?

Go import from China just leave us alone biko pain nation

Nanatrendy:
why we are trading with you? Probably some ecowas agreement what else? What at all are you producing that we can't get in China?

Na the same ECOWAS make us dey trade with you..

What do you produce that we can't get in China?

malcomxjr:
This issues needs understanding what is call international policy making we need to know we are in the same organization which is Ecowas we need to respect that and find a lasting solution on this because the Ghanaians government values there citizens more than we do and they are still growing there economy and they know this will pull them back and as for us we claim to be the So-called giant of Africa that can’t even see what is beyond our nose

Ur mad ....sold out fuckiin citizen

SilvaBullet:


I was actually expecting a lengthy thesis of agonising rebuttal from you --- any Ghanaian. It's one of your chief traits. It's likened to short-man syndrome, where you feel insecure due to your miniscule economy.

You call Ghana a hub in West Africa. You sound ridiculous. Ghana does not even feature in the top 15 busiest sea ports in Africa and she ranks below ivory Coast in the sub region . As for your alomo bitters targeting elsewhere for markets, you sound thrashy and ignorant. 1 in every 5 African is a Nigerian and we have a total population bigger than the subregion. So how are you going to find an alternative market to Nigeria? You scream from a height of patriotic wishful thinking but far from reality.

If your country feels she has what it takes to retaliate in kind and come away unscathed, she would have opted for that. Talk all you want, that border isn't opening soon. We closed it because we can and we know nothing comes from Ghana that is vital to our economic lifeline

Nice one sir .....they don't need Nigerian yet they are crying like a baby just because of a border close

DarkJeddi:


Na the same ECOWAS make us dey trade with you..

What do you produce that we can't get in China?

Abeg help me ask den well watin Ghana dey produce that we can't get in china too,

DarkJeddi:
Don't try to be clever by half,

Ghana imports $159M worth of goods from Nigeria,

Nigeria imports $80M worth of goods from Ghana..

In my books,

That is showing Ghana needs Nigerian goods and services more than Nigeria needs Ghanaian goods and services..

lol, this is rather a vague analysis as it could also mean the level of penetration amongst each nations.

Ghana conforms with the ecowas law of Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment. stipulated the right of ECOWAS citizens to enter, reside and establish economic activities of which Nigeria is a major member of state

The issue of contraband penetrating the country is an issue affecting African nations,

Ghana also has issues of cocoa being smuggled into cote divoire for higher profits
Ghana should have closed its borders but it took a different step by demanding more sharehold in the cocoa and chocolate industry

Creating a synergy for better prices for farmers and other key stakeholders.

That's the big picture you guys don't see. You say you want to curtail smuggling and you resort to close your borders to smugglers and also genuine traders accredited by your ministries. Flouting trade laws you signed to abide by. If you but you want your products to enter other nations. Not everything should be about chest beating

One of the major exports to Nigeria in the $80m figure is cocoa, the nigerian beverage company's rely on on that stable source of quality cocoa supply. To meet demand. Not even liquor.

There's a huge gap for increasing our earnings amongst African nations but midexiore mindsets like this impede Africa's development.

Its a good thing the aftcta is coming on board, it seeks to make Africa the biggest trading bloc in thd world. And Ghana is playing host to the headquarter, this title automatically positions the nation's as the economic capital of Africa after AU in Ethiopia.

A lot of Nigerians were bitter with the claim that it should have come to Nigeria. The economic powerhouse of Africa, a goldmine considering the market size .

How will it work in a nation with economic uncertainties, poor rankings in ease of doing business and unfriendly business practice?
High level insecurity?

Jesse25:


Nice one sir .....they don't need Nigerian yet they are crying like a baby just because of a border close

something is wrong with you

It is totally wrong for any country in West Africa to impede trade.
Ghana careless how long the Nigerian border is closed for.

But Ghana will not watch Nigeria carry out with it unfair trade practices against its neighbouring countries.

DarkJeddi:


Na the same ECOWAS make us dey trade with you..

What do you produce that we can't get in China?

but you benefit off us than we do that's the point, even though you have a bigger market so you loose more than we do besides like I stated your own country men are the people normally moving goods from Nigeria to Ghana so it will mean a loss of livelihood for them as well.

Now they know who's boss!

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grandstar:


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.

[/s]

oga history specialist go rest biko

tot:


Facebook, twitter and other platforms are used by people across the globe. Nairaland is PREDOMINANTLY used by Nigerians. The name is Nairaland - the Nigerian Forum. Facebook has never referred to itself as the American platform, get it?

I don't have the time to read through every single comment. I read the comments on the last page PLUS the post you created during the South Africa/Nigeria crisis which clearly showed you have no good intentions whatsoever towards Nigerians. Nigerians are the majority of users on nairaland so please stay clear if you have nothing +ve

Thanks sweetheart Nairaland is for Nigerians and Nigerians Alon. Let this sink into their skull. Especially those Zulus they're all over Nairaland disturbing our peace

Logobenz0:
Thanks sweetheart Nairaland is for Nigerians and Nigerians Alon. Let this sink into their skull. Especially those Zulus they're all over Nairaland disturbing our peace

Don't mind them. I don't understand how a non-Nigerian will come to a NIGERIAN forum to attack Nigerians. Nonsense.

rosebowl01:


You really think you have a chance at a trade war with Nigeria? A country with about 65% of west Africa’s gdp? Common do the maths!
Nigeria might be messed up in a lot of things, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it is comparatively much bigger and diverse than even the rest of West African economies combined.

Ghana only does 75 million dollars trade with Nigeria


You dont want to go on a trade war with Ghana
You'll lose 2 billion dollars oil market in Ghana.

SilvaBullet:


I was actually expecting a lengthy thesis of agonising rebuttal from you --- any Ghanaian. It's one of your chief traits. It's likened to short-man syndrome, where you feel insecure due to your miniscule economy.

You call Ghana a hub in West Africa. You sound ridiculous. Ghana does not even feature in the top 15 busiest sea ports in Africa and she ranks below ivory Coast in the sub region . As for your alomo bitters targeting elsewhere for markets, you sound thrashy and ignorant. 1 in every 5 African is a Nigerian and we have a total population bigger than the subregion. So how are you going to find an alternative market to Nigeria? You scream from a height of patriotic wishful thinking but far from reality.

If your country feels she has what it takes to retaliate in kind and come away unscathed, she would have opted for that. Talk all you want, that border isn't opening soon. We closed it because we can and we know nothing comes from Ghana that is vital to our economic lifeline

Very ignorant and ill educated rebuttal.

The most productive seaport in west africa is Togo seaport. dwarfing apapa sea port by a size margin . wherever you are educated. Ghana recently expand its seaport to be the deepest seaport in west africa hence overtaking any sea port in west africa by size and deep lenght ( it cost the nation two billon dollar and. more ) You need to wait and see the next year statistics. the port will be fully completed by 2020. the first phase is already open for buisness.

Getting alternative market is simple. my idiot friend . bigger goods are channelled thru sea and air. Ghana airport was recently adjudged as the most efficient airport in west africa . it has double its capacity by 6.5 percent just this year alone . this is a further prove that Ghana can channelled its market elsewhere. the country is engaging Columbia, China and many more for new buisness opportunity. what Ghana needs is to sell valuable market not market base on size. Nigeria market is not matured for luxurious goods . hence is not a force. south africa is the only country for that in africa. Ghana economy is hugely depended on Gold . ( Nigeria market can't buy that) .

just like I said, Ghana has taking diplomatic assignment. don't expect her to fight back. that will be childish. she is the secretariat of Africa free buisness trade..



this is the latest news incase you are outdated...


Hapag-Lloyd declares Tema(Ghana) Port as transhipment hub in West Africa


The Hapag-Lloyd, a global shipping giant, has declared Meridian Port Services Limited (MPS) Terminal 3 at Tema Port as its transhipment hub in West Africa.

A statement signed by Mr Mohamed Samara, the Chief Executive Officer of MPS, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said this was revealed at a press conference held in Cape Town, South Africa to announce the launching of the new shipping service for Africa.

The statement said the new shipping service dubbed Middle East-India-Africa Express (MIAX), announced in a press conference in Cape Town, South Africa, had its first departure in this October.

It said the first departure of the MIAX would follow port rotation as follows: “Jebel Ali - Mundra - Nhava Sheva - Colombo - La Réunion - Durban - Cape Town then direct to Tema (as first port of call in West Africa) followed by Lagos (Tincan and Apapa) then back to Cape Town - Durban - Jebel Ali.”

Mr Samara said in the statement that with this port development, Ghana’s Liner Shipping Connectivity would improve significantly.

It said the improvement would result in transport costs reduction, increased trade volume for Ghana importers and exporters through the enhanced connectivity to regional and global markets.

The statement said the MPS Terminal 3 increased Tema Port’s capacity in terms of container storage, reefer facility, handling equipment and the best of the world’s technology to aid its operations as a Transshipment Hub.

It quoted Mr Dheeraj Bhatia, the Senior Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd’s Middle East Region, as saying that: “With the new MIAX service, our customers will now benefit from an even wider range of fast and flexible direct connections.”

Mrs Sandra Opoku, the Director of the Tema Port, said the announcement was welcome news and that it was long overdue considering the developments being undertaken by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) with its partners.

She said the GPHA is strengthening its position as a hub port through the development of the other cargo flows within Terminal One and Two (General Cargo, Break Bulk and liquid) to complement the growth in its container traffic.

Mrs Opoku said the development would solidify the Tema Port’s spot in the maritime industry adding that “GPHA will continue to call for investment into port infrastructure to match changing world trends and draw more global trade to Africa”.

Mr Peter Mac Manu, the Board Chairman of the GHPA, said that the decision by Hapag- Lloyd to concentrate its West African shipping service in Tema is an evidence of how much the Tema Port played a key role in the new phase of Africa’s economic transformation.