The Ghanaian deputy minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah in a report has said that Ghana’s Trade and Economics needs Nigeria more than Nigeria needs Ghana for its economic survival.
This was in response to the declaration of Ghana’s Trade Union to boycott Nigeria’s products in retaliation to the action of the Nigerian federal government to close its land borders with neighbouring countries including Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east and Niger in the north.
“The best way to solve this problem is not to pay Nigeria back or have some countermeasure, but coach them into understanding that look, hey we are all losing, and we need you, we need each other.
But I can tell you without blinking an eye that economically, trade wise, we need Nigeria more than they need us, “If our gargantuan transformation agenda is going to work, we need markets to offload our products.
This off-takers cannot be blocked.” Mr Ahenkorah said in JoyNews’ PM Express show.
The minister stated that a country like Nigeria can not be intimidated by any of Ghana’s Trade sanctions since they are the better recipient of African products.
