Onion marketers suspend export to Ghana over dispute

From: Bashir Rabe Mani, Sokoto

Nigerian onion marketers have declared a trade dispute with their Ghanaian colleagues, leading to the immediate suspension of onion export to Ghana.
A statement from the marketers in Sokoto on Sunday, said “This is to formally notify relevant authorities and stakeholders of recent developments affecting the onion trade between Nigeria and Ghana.
“Over a sustained period, Nigerian onion traders operating within markets in Ghana, particularly at Kotoku Market in Accra, have been subjected to repeated incidents of harassment, intimidation, and undue interference in their legitimate trading activities by certain Ghanaian trader groups.
“ These actions have disrupted normal commercial operations and created an increasingly hostile trading environment for Nigerian traders.
“Of particular concern is the recent escalation arising from a disagreement between Ghanaian and Nigerian onion traders, which resulted in the confiscation of trucks conveying onions belonging to Nigerian traders by certain Ghanaian trader groups.”
According to the marketers, this development represents a serious breach of established trade norms and has further heightened tensions within the market.