A Ghanaian minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has asked petty traders in the Kumasi metropolis to venture into the sale of cocaine if they cannot withstand the economic hardship in the country.
He said traders who are using economic hardship as an excuse to sell at unauthorized places must rethink their decision because persons who break the law will face justice, reports Citinewsroom on Wednesday.
He said, “When we start enforcing the laws, people will be complaining of hardship. If there is hardship, then I will ask that you stop the business and go and sell cocaine for a living." Simon Osei Mensah who is worried about the level of indiscipline in the metropolis lamented that the attitude of some residents was affecting the city’s development.
The Minister is unhappy with the refusal of some petty traders to vacate the pavements and footbridges after they were asked to relocate to designated market places to continue with their trade. According to him, some traders have been defying orders by city authorities in the name of their affiliation to the ruling party.
From Sahara reporters
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ReplyDeleteI think he needs help ASAP.
DeleteI think he needs help ASAP.
DeleteHe was being sarcastic....U can't say cos the economy is hard u would now setup a store and sell cocaine openly in a market
DeleteNa wa Africans sha
ReplyDeleteWhat nonsense
ReplyDeleteSay no to hard drugs ..
ReplyDeleteAPC members state in Ghana. See his ugly mouth. No empathy just like APC here
ReplyDeleteWait so selling coke isn't breaking the law in Ghana? Kwakwakwakwakwakqakwamwakwa
ReplyDeleteThat is sarcasm but because you are always interested in comments without reading to digest the news, there is no way that you will understand the content of the news.
DeleteThat speech is totally unacceptable Mr President
ReplyDeleteAunty, you no understand what he meant. Because of hardship, does it mean you would start selling cocaine? That is the sarcasm there. And it is not the president. It is a minister. Read well please.
DeleteLol
ReplyDeleteBizarre and uncalled for statement. I hate peddlers blocking sidewalks and getting in your way. Unfortunately, many of the countries in Africa are not at that place of economic development yet, so peddlers do not want to have to go into shops or pay fees when they have been using the roadside and in traffic to sell their goods. I honestly love an orderly country, but historically it take centuries for most countries to get to that state and the people have to deeply desire to live like that. The truth is there will be some casualties along the quest to becoming an orderly and prosperous nation and those casualties are usually the poor and uneducated who do not have the resources to stay competitive in the upward movement of the nation. The best the govt can do to create a buffer is to offer free skills training so these peddlers will have some way of competing and they won't be left behind.
ReplyDeletePeople cannot read and comprehend a simple sentence. The man is being sarcastic it doesn't mean they should go and sell coke. SDK this your Bvs na real Nawooo.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't mean they should sell coke o.They are breaking the law by selling on the pavements. He was just being sarcastic. I'm Ghanaian and I live in Kumasi as well.
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