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The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), Joseph Kwaku Obeng says the wrath between his Association and the Nigerian traders is fading out after a successful dialogue.

He maintained that the good relationship between the two countries will not be marred by the recent ‘trade war’.

“Ghana has been in a good trade relationship with Nigeria over the years and we’ll continue to maintain that,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show Ghana Montie.

GUTA has been in a trade war with Nigerian traders recently.

The Association issued an ultimatum demanding the closure of all retail shops of Nigerians by August 31, 2020, threatening to unleash thugs to forcefully eject the Nigerians from the local market if their calls are not heeded.

But a high government delegation met with the Nigerian authorities to settle the issues.

The proposal was disclosed when the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, Femi Gbajabiamila called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House, Accra last Thursday.

Mr Gbajabiamila, who is the head of a Nigerian delegation, was on a two-day visit to Ghana to hold talks with his Ghanaian counterpart, Speaker Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye, on relations between the two nations following the implementation of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act 2013, Act 865, which Nigerian traders in Ghana say was inimical to their businesses.

Mr Gbajabiamila suggested a Ghana - Nigeria business council backed by legislation by both countries as the roadmap for a successful trade and business regime between the two countries.