Ghana President speaks on attacks on Nigerian traders

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana on Thursday gave the assurance that the attacks against Nigerian traders in Ghana were being taken care of.

He stated this at a meeting with Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, in New York on the side-lines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly.

Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, made this known in a statement in Abuja.

The Ghanaian leader said there was no intention to deliberately target Nigerians, noting that it was all about
complying with the rules that guide trading in the country.

“I have met with the different groups and have been reassured that there was no agenda to send anybody away.

“It is just that they needed to regularise their positions according to the trading laws of the country,” Mr Akufo-Addo said.

He added that Ghana’s minister of trade and industry, Alan Kyerematen, had issued a press statement on the matter.