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Member of Parliament(MP) for Mpraeso and a member of the Public Accounts and Works and Housing committees of parliament, Davies Opoku, has appealed to government to immediately open the borders of the country for trading activities to begin. 

According to him, the devastating effect brought in by COVID-19 seem not to exist any longer.

Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that traders in the country are already suffering under the existing laws which had had the borders closed.

"I have visited the markets and our traders are complaining about the hardships they are going through to get their products into the market.

"They are going through a lot so I am appealing to government to have the borders opened to enable our traders be able to transact business again," he said.

"Though the world is not out of the woods yet some countries have relaxed their restrictions and some have opened their borders for trade. Government should engage various stakeholders to see how best they can ensure that the borders are opened for trading activities to commence," he added.

Restrictions were placed on the number of people to attend public events such as; weddings and funerals; the time for church services was reduced, and social distancing was strictly enforced.

These restrictions have, however, been eased with the exception of land borders.

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Minority mounts pressure on gov’t to immediately re-open land borders

The Minority in Parliament has asked that the land borders be opened with immediate effect for the free flow of goods and persons among neighbouring ECOWAS countries and the world at large.

“I will call on the President, supported by his Ministers for Health, and Interior, to take urgent practical steps for the re-opening of Ghana’s land borders to allow for free flow of persons and goods across ECOWAS and around the world,” said the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu.