The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has served notice that it will take to the streets in large numbers should government fail to enforce laws that forbid foreigners from undertaking retail business.
Speaking at a press conference at Opera Square, Accra, President of the Association, Dr. Joseph Obeng, said if the government does not enforce the law on retail as they are demanding, they will pour out in their numbers.
“We are going to declare the destiny day demonstration in three months, where all other laws will not be regarded if our pleas are not being noticed,” he said to the delight of the traders.
His remarks come barely three days after some Ghanaians clashed with electrical dealers who they accused of being of foreign descent and thus had no right to engage in the retailing of electrical products etc.
The action was undertaken by the Ghana Electrical Dealers Association in a bid to enforce what has become a controversial law that reserves the retail space for just locals.
According to Section 27 (1) of the GIPC Act, a person who is not a citizen or an enterprise which is not wholly-owned by a citizen shall not invest or participate in the sale of goods or provision of services in a market, petty trading or hawking or selling of goods in a stall at any place.