President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met behind closed doors with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this on his Twitter handle but could not elaborate on the agenda of the meeting between the two leaders.
According to reports gathered, the closure of shops owned by Nigerian traders in Ghana had heightened tensions between the two countries; a situation which led the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama to summon Ghana’s Charged Affairs to Nigeria, Ms Iva Denoo for discussions.
Onyeama had also met with representatives of Nigerian traders in Ghana, led by Jasper Emenike, the National President of Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria (PAN), and the organisation’s National Director, Ruth Ango over the matter.
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had also visited Ghana on Sept. 2 with a view to seeing how the issues at stake could be resolved amicably.
According to the speaker, the closure of the Nigerian shops in Ghana contravenes the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol on free movement of citizens of member states, and trade liberalisation scheme.
Source: THEWILL