DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT, SEN. IKE EKWEREMADU SAYS RESPITE IS COMING THE WAY OF NIGERIAN BUSINESS

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, says respite is coming the way of the Nigerian business community in Ghana as the government of the West African country has promised to reconsider its policy on foreign businesses, following his intervention.

Ekweremadu said the implementation of the policy had led to the shutting of over 400 shops owned by Nigerians in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

The lawmaker, who is a former Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, gave the indication on his Facebook page, following his discussions with the Regional Minister of the Ashanti Region, Simon Osei-Mensah.

Ekweremadu noted that the freedom of the peoples of the sub-region to ply their trades in any part of West Africa was central to the prosperity of ECOWAS.

However, Ghanaian Government in August this year ordered the sealing off of over 400 shops belonging to Nigerians at the expiry of an eviction order issued by the Ministry of Trade.