News:
July 28, 2021
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin has allayed the fears of Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) of ever doing anything that would not be in their interest of Ghana.
Address the leadership of GUTA at his conference room on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 he pointed out that it is not true that he described members of GUTA as opportunist when he met his counterpart in Nigeria as being rumored in the media.
And pointed out that the former deputy trader minister Carlos Ahenkora who is a business man himself and now chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee is their member and whiles in Parliament would not pass a law that would be inimical to GUTA members.
Speaker Bagbin noted that because the GUTA members are directly affect in the ongoing brouhaha between them and their Nigerian counterpart their emotions may sometime over power them and some words that they might not use in their daily dealings they would even use them.
And should have some confidence in leadership who are trying to resolve the trade brouhaha, “we are not like we are being portrayed if we were we would not have reach this far we have taken your concerns and situation into consideration we are leading you in the negotiation there would be nothing done that would not be in your interest”.
Rt. Hon Alban Bagbin noted that both Ghana and Nigeria identified some areas they both need to work on and showed them a copy of his speech and meat with official from the trade ministry who have been dealing with the whole retail trade issues.
“Only to come back from Nigeria to hear my people attacking be for being a sale out, I was talking about others trying to take opportunity in our weak system, how can I go to Nigeria and attack Ghanaians and call my own people opportunist, where is this coming from?”
Again, we take time to groom leaders and within seconds we destroy leaders, and no country develop without leaders.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com