{"id":350,"date":"2022-11-13T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhyirafie.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2022-11-13T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:26:30","slug":"guta-members-close-shops-over-economic-hardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhyirafie.com\/guta-members-close-shops-over-economic-hardship\/","title":{"rendered":"GUTA members close shops over economic hardship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_361\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-361\" src=\"https:\/\/nhyirafie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guta-shops-696x398-1-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"GUTA members close shops over economic hardship\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nhyirafie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guta-shops-696x398-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nhyirafie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/guta-shops-696x398-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GUTA members close shops over economic hardship<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Members of the\u00a0Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) will close shops within the capital, Accra to protest the prevailing harsh economic conditions of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The protest is intended to push government to urgently address the depreciating cedi, high-interest rate, and soaring inflation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8731784857660975\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"filled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_2_host\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inlineright  tdi_2 td_block_template_5\"><\/div>\n<p>The protest will end on Monday, October 24, according to the group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8731784857660975\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"filled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_3_host\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>In a press briefing after a three-hour meeting with some members of the Council of State ahead of the protest, the President of GUTA, Dr Joseph Obeng, said the resolve to close shops was a distress call to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Joseph Obeng, the nation cannot continuously blame the economic problems on the Russia-Ukraine War and the COVID-19 which had no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur immediate neighbours in this global village are Cote d\u2019 Ivoire, Togo, and Burkina Faso. If they have not been consumed by these global phenomena, then, there is something fundamentally wrong with our economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment should adopt other alternative currencies like the Chinese Yuan to reduce the pressure on the Dollar, especially. There should be the immediate implementation of the road map set out to flush out all illegal foreigners in the retail trade sector,\u201d said Dr Obeng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the\u00a0Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) will close shops within the capital, Accra to protest the prevailing harsh economic conditions of the country. The protest is intended to push government to urgently address the depreciating cedi, high-interest rate, and soaring inflation. The protest will end on Monday, October 24, according to the group. 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