You can’t throw an atomic bomb on us – GUTA reacts to Nigeria’s threats

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has hit back at the Nigerian government for saying it can no longer tolerate the incessant harassment of its citizens in Ghana.

According to the President of the Association, Dr Joseph Obeng, Ghana has done no wrong enforcing its laws to ensure that, illegal retail traders vacate the market space for legitimate traders to operate.

He averred that the Nigerian government cannot attack Ghana by ‘bombing’ the country for doing what is right, hence, it was inappropriate for their Information Ministry to issue a threat to Ghana after some foreigners’ shops – including Nigerians were closed down - after the Trades Ministry’s task force embarked on a documentation exercise.

In an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb’s Ernestina Serwaa Asante, the GUTA President said, “By the tone of his (Nigerian Information Minister’s) letter, does that mean Ghana has done something that is so much at the risk of Nigeria even for them to say that they are going to throw an atomic bomb on Ghana? No, they cannot throw a bomb on us. All that they can do is to enforce their sovereign laws so what is the threat about?”

By this, Dr Obeng explained that if Nigerians feel attacked, all their government can do is to also enforce their local laws to safeguard their market space.