Kslib: Abeg. Make the op go post am for Ghanaweb too. Nice memories sha...

The article came from Ghanaweb.

afam4eva:
This particular Nigerian gave an account of his stay in Nigeria. There were also Ghanians all over the country but Lagos will always have a huge chunk of them and Lagos is the closest Nigerian state to Ghana. While i was in Port-hacourt there were loads of Ghanians teachers.

you needed to be in onitsha, owerri or aba in the late seventies and early eighties
onitsha in particular was booming with ghanaians
my lecturer at uni was a ghanaian
the op only talked about his own experience.
i bet ya other ghanaians who lived in the east have equally great stories, at least they did not suffer "ghana must go".

ekt_bear: I did not realize that this country was once so sweet.

Hopefully those great years (70s and early 80s) will one day return.

It was. Mostly a blur now, I was too young. But I remember shopping at Kingsway with my parents.

I remember my Indian Science teachers ( at a public school o) and one or two Ghanaian ones too.

We can become a destination country again, but we have work to do, radical work. Gradualism won't get us there.

mojounited:

. ya!dats tru,my fada was a teacher der2 n my mom,a nurse,dey were able 2put up a fablos mansion in cape coast n give us d best a parent can giv2dier child.long liv gh,lng liv 9ja

Kilode?!:


It was. Mostly a blur now, I was too young. But I remember shopping at Kingsway with my parents.

I remember my Indian Science teachers ( at a public school o) and one or two Ghanaian ones too.

We can become a destination country again, but we have work to do, radical work. Gradualism won't get us there.

Tbh my parents have told me similar stories, about how Nigeria was nice up until the mid 1980s or so. I didn't really believe them though Especially visiting for the first time in 2000 and finding a country basically in ruins.

This third party account makes me believe a bit more.

afam4eva:
This particular Nigerian gave an account of his stay in Nigeria. There were also Ghanians all over the country but Lagos will always have a huge chunk of them and Lagos is the closest Nigerian state to Ghana. While i was in Port-hacourt there were loads of Ghanians teachers.

Then ask the Ghanaians you know stayed in Igbo land to write their memoirs if you have to feel left out because this one only had Yorubas to talk about. Abi?

I certainly can not forget my ghanian mathematics teacher, Mr. Adjeh. May God bless him wherever he may be.

Ghanaians love us and we love them. We are historically linked in amiability but I must admit that there are plenty of haters on both sides today. My experience with Ghanaians , in Nigeria, was fantastic. They were hardworking and dedicated. As mentioned many times, their teachers were awesome individuals very passionate about educating other.

ebankole: GOD BLESS U.in as much that this almost brought out some tears off my eyes i'm still thankful to be a nigerian and african.We african must learn to see ourselves as one.

very true...articles like this renew our hope that we can be one again...only say badbelle ppl no gree make we remain as one country. Na God go punish dem...

@TS: this is a very beautyful piece, kudos!

passion007: very true...articles like this renew our hope that we can be one again...only say badbelle ppl no gree make we remain as one country. Na God go punish dem...

@TS: this is a very beautyful piece, kudos!

true:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95UyWWUdY6k

BBHS Abeokuta.....we had so many Ghanaian and Indian teachers then...taking sciences and maths. They turned out a great chunk of geniuses.

God bless BBHS

God bless Nigeria

God bless Ghana

naptu2: Some didn't believe me when I wrote on the PHCN thread that nepa or water works would announce on the radio that there would be a disruption of service and that we would phone nepa when there's an unexpected power outage and cry that we have homework and they'd restore power within 10 minutes

your comment made me realy shed tears becus we have not been havng power fo almost a month now, we ar still payng and the only comment from the PHCN staff is 'why is your bill so low' how can our bill be high when very little to nothing was supplied us to consume?

The 80s was a glorious time for anyone alive then.

One thing I like about the foreigners that taught me in secondary school, they really took pride in their jobs. May be they came from harder circumstances and had to. I can't say the same for my Nigerian teachers who believe too much in entitlement and are always complaining about government.

genxris: I remember back then at st bernedettes nur/pry school ibara ,Abeokuta, most of our teachers were Ghanians and they thought us some really good accents in pronounciations ,even our headmaster Mr Appiaha was a ghanian and there was so much peace,days when 1naira was in note form and 10kobo was 20naira of today......nice memories

Mr Appiah of Abeokuta in the 80's? Hmmm

I was almost in tears when I read this article.
My two elder sisters were born in Nigeria, and they have Yoruba names attached to their family names.
My mum tells me so much about Nigeria. She can even speak Yoruba, up till now. I really wish to visit there some day, just to see how the place looks like.

Even some Ghanaian words sound abit like Yoruba.
Have heard Gh peeps say mehba(coming) and the popular akwaaba(welcome).Like we say minbo or mehbo(dialect) and eku abo: am coming and welcome respectively In Yoruba

Thanks for this very good account of my dear country. God bless you .

sad 1 mahn, wht an article .....I mean, I have met some lovely Nigerian's, trust me, Tumababa, Suntemi, soft-touch, et-al of the phone section....my question is, how did we get to this? btw.... most Nigerian's I know personally, are Yoruba's too, I used to think ALATA or ANAGO always meant Nigerian.

God bless Africa

God bless Ghana

God bless Nigeria

and oh', Bleep the negative rivalry......luv y'all, peace!!

naptu2: Some didn't believe me when I wrote on the PHCN thread that nepa or water works would announce on the radio that there would be a disruption of service and that we would phone nepa when there's an unexpected power outage and cry that we have homework and they'd restore power within 10 minutes

funny thing is, all this is done in present Ghana, u can call the E.C.G help line, if there's a power outage and their reception is 1st class, plus they make announcements on the radio if there's gonna be a power disruption for maintenance work to be done in certain areas.

otumfour:
sad 1 mahn, wht an article .....I mean, I have met some lovely Nigerian's, trust me, Tumababa, Suntemi, soft-touch, et-al of the phone section....my question is, how did we get to this? btw.... most Nigerian's I know personally, are Yoruba's too, I used to think ALATA or ANAGO always meant Nigerian.

God bless Africa

God bless Ghana

God bless Nigeria

and oh', Bleep the negative rivalry......luv y'all, peace!!

My brother, I just think our parents on both sides (Ghanaians and Nigerians) were simply more gracious and accommodating people. I think a world that is now far more competitive and less 'innocent' than the one our parents knew is making many young Africans more 'territorial', routinely hateful, unnecessarily confrontational and more eager to blame others for their woes. Also, our parents were way more humble, less radical and better peacemakers than we are today in my opinion.

The old generation (Nigerians and Ghanaians) have nothing but love for each other.

Most non- nigerians in nigeria tend to enjoy the place, save for maybe westerners who are used to a higher standard of living.

Nigerians are very welcoming and accommodating and can go any length for visitors.

Then again, the ghanaians of that period might have had a nice time because they mostly stayed in the southwest?

Just guessing.

Havent read the article btw.

*wipes tear* touching piece. Thank you OP .


Good ol' days huh, where do we start rebuilding from? It's just too bad Nigerians have no confidence in our government that every economic policy is met with vehement opposition .

Slicqy prizzy: I was almost in tears when I read this article.
My two elder sisters were born in Nigeria, and they have Yoruba names attached to their family names.
My mum tells me so much about Nigeria. She can even speak Yoruba, up till now. I really wish to visit there some day, just to see how the place looks like.

Please wait a bit for us to do some house cleaning before you come.

^^^
There is no need for you to do some "cleaning" in your country before I come.
I mean no country is Heaven, just as my motherland is also not Heaven.

Slicqy prizzy: ^^^
There is no need for you to do some "cleaning" in your country before I come.
I mean no country is Heaven, just as my motherland is also not Heaven.

Great! Bon voyage!

Nigerian hospitality...no be small thing ooo

mr acquah,mr bediako,mr sarpong,mr appiah,mr bounds,
My beloved primary school teachers

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I love this thread. It brought tears to my eyes. How did I ever miss this thread? I wish we can bring the good old days back. Oh how I wish.....

Just reading this today and I must confess, this is one of the most brilliant posts on NL. Sadly, however, it's a portrait of Nigeria's good old days which could be likened to the Psalmists recall of Zion in the following words "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion" (Psalm 137: 1). I strongly identify with the author's portrayal of Nigeria in the late 70s and 80s when I was taught by teachers from Ghana and Indian with a few Nigerian thrown in between. These foreign teachers undoubtedly knew their stuff and they delivered it! I benefited from their brilliancy as I made my straight As in my Ordinary Level and Advanced Level papers. I subsequently earned my bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in one of the subjects the Ghanaian teachers taught me in school. Today, Nigeria's gone to the dogs. Mediocrity and incompetence is all we currently celebrate and venerate. Shame! Currently living and working in Europe, I contemplate returning home every day, but too scared to take the plunge!