Ghana- 1st- Trade

By Daniel Morris | 4. November 2025

CHAPTER: 3 BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

3.3.10 Procurement and Trade Regulation

Ghana’s procurement and trade laws are generally responsive to human rights issues but not adequately enforced. It is important that multinational and other companies who are beneficiaries of Ghana’s investment, trade, procurement policies and incentives must comply with Ghana’s human rights regime.

3.3.13 Consumer Protection/Anti-Competition Rules

There are several legal provisions⁵² targeted at the protection of consumers in Ghana, yet they are not harmonized. Presently, there is no public agency specifically responsible for ensuring the protection of the Ghanaian consumer. Additionally, there is weak enforcement of data protection, anti-competition laws and inadequate laws prohibiting anti-trust and price collusion in Ghana.

CHAPTER: 4 STRATEGES AND INTERVENTIONS

4.1 Strategies to achieve Key Objectives of the Three Pillars

4.1.1 Pillar 1: The State’s Duty to Protect Human Rights

Strategy: 1.16 Promote inclusion of BHR-responsive provisions and gender sensitivity clauses into trade and investment agreements

Activities: Review and integrate BHR principles into trade and investment agreements

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: MoTI, OAG&MOJ, GIPC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: CHRAJ, MoF, Trade Unions, GEA, AGI

Strategy: 1.19 Safeguard Consumer Rights

Activities: Facilitate the passage of the Consumer Protection Bill into law

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: MoTI
  • Implementing collaborating agences: OAG&MOJ, Parliament, MoF, GSA, CSOs, FDA, CSIR

Activities: Enforce the existing laws and policies aimed at ensuring consumer rights

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: MoTI
  • Implementing collaborating agences: CSOs, MMDAs, FDA, GSA

Activities: Organize public education and sensitization programmes on consumer rights

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: MoTI
  • Implementing collaborating agences: OAG&MOJ, CHRAJ, CPA, FDA, GSA, CSOs