‘Nigeria Must Go’ protest: No room for xenophobia – Ghana president
President John Mahama of Ghana has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocols, stating that there’s 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, […]
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President John Mahama of Ghana has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocols, stating that there’s 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.
This is contained in a statement issued by Dr Magnus Eze, Special Assistant on Communication and New Media, Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria.
The Ghanaian president reiterated his commitment to advancing the ECOWAS protocols, especially on the free movement of persons and goods in the region.
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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, properties and businesses of Nigeria and Nigerians in Ghana.
On her part, Ojukwu said the envoy’s mission was to douse the tension in Ghana following a viral video against Nigerians.
She said the visit was to equally facilitate the establishment of a permanent Nigeria-Ghana Joint Commission.