Border Closure: Ghana Drags Nigeria To ECOWAS
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has appealed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intervene in the border closure by Nigeria.
He said the decision is hurting traders in the sub-region and it is clearly against the principles of ECOWAS.
Nkrumah who made this call during a media briefing on Monday, November 4; further stated that “moves like this have a way of negatively impacting the West African Economic Integration project.”
According to him; both Ghana and Nigeria’s cabinet are expected to meet between November 8 and 9, 2019 at the next ECOWAS summit to further address the issue.
Representatives of both the Ghanaian and Nigerian governments are expected to meet on Monday; November 4 to discuss possibilities of opening Nigeria’s border to Ghanaian traders.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry, however; last month assured members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) that it will put together a cabinet-to-cabinet modality agreement between Ghana and Nigeria to resolve the border closure.
The move was expected to allow the free movement of goods for Ghanaian traders; which have been stranded at the borders for close to three months.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government over the weekend extended the reopening date of the land borders until January 31, 2020.
This is a move that may ultimately put Ghanaian traders in further disarray.
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