No room for xenophobia, Ghana president reacts to protests against Nigerians

No room for xenophobia, Ghana president reacts to protests against Nigerians

President John Mahama of Ghana has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocols, stating that there is no place for xenophobia in Ghana.

Mahama disclosed this while receiving President Bola Tinubu’s special envoy, led by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, at the Presidential Palace, Accra, Ghana.

The Ghanaian president reiterated his commitment to advancing the ECOWAS protocols, especially on the free movement of persons and goods in the region.

Tension rose between Nigeria and Ghana at the end of July when some Ghanaians took to the streets to demand the deportation of Nigerians following repeated incidents of criminal activities in the country, which were blamed on foreign nationals.

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They also accused some Nigerians in Ghana of fuelling insecurity and moral decadence in their country, with some of the placards carried by the protesters reading, “Who protects the right and freedom of Ghanaians?”, “Nigerians are kidnapping and using people for rituals”, and “Our kids are getting missing.”

Mahama asked the envoy to convey his message to President Tinubu, urging that he should not lose sleep over recent protests against Nigerian nationals resident in his country.

According to him, Nigeria and Ghana are brothers with shared history, assuring that his government would not allow anything to come between them.

He restated that the recirculation of an old video made by a Nigerian residing in Ghana over 10 years ago had generated tension, but announced that the situation had been swiftly managed.

He said that the protesters were not up to 50, assuring the envoy of the safety and protection of the lives, property and businesses of Nigeria and Nigerians in Ghana.

No room for xenophobia, Ghana president reacts to protests against Nigerians

-Daily Trust