The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Nkrumah, on Sunday, defended the $1m trade levy and other regulations imposed on Nigerian traders in Ghana, noting that Nigeria had equally issued executive orders preventing foreigners from getting jobs which Nigerians can do.

The minister said it was astonishing that Ghanaian laws could be described as outrageous, noting that it was on record that Nigeria had taken a number of steps in pursuit of its national interests.

He cited the closure of the Seme-Krake borders since August 2019 as part of steps taken by the Federal Government, which he said had affected the neighbouring countries.

Nkrumah accused Nigerian traders in Ghana of gross violations of retail trade laws, including tax evasion, immigration offences, and selling substandard products.

Nkrumah stated this in reaction to a statement by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, that the Federal Government would no longer condone the reported harassment of Nigerians in the former Gold Coast.

Mohammed had in his statement on Friday listed various acts of aggression against Nigeria and its citizens by the Ghanaian authorities, including the takeover of some Nigerian diplomatic properties, discriminatory deportation of 825 Nigerians within one year and harsh jail sentences on Nigerians.

But Nkrumah said contrary to Mohammed’s claims that 825 Nigerians were deported between January 2018 and February 2019, only 700 Nigerians involved in fraud, prostitution, and armed robbery were deported from Ghana.

Nkrumah stated, “The Federal Republic (Nigeria), on the other hand, is on record to have taken a number of steps in recent months, in pursuit of her national interests, which have gravely affected other countries in the region.

“These include the closure of Nigeria’s Seme-Krake border from August 2019 to date and the issuance of executive orders by Nigeria’s Presidency preventing foreigners from getting jobs which Nigerians can do, to mention a few.”

The minister assured that the Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, would engage with Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and develop a framework for validating the claims of ill-treatment of citizens of either country and ensure they enjoy the full exercise of their rights while respecting the sovereignty and laws of both countries.

Nkrumah said his counterpart’s assertion on the alleged seizure of Nigerian Mission property located at No. 10, Barnes Road, Accra, was incorrect, noting that the land was acquired by Nigeria from a private citizen, Thomas Hardy, on October 23, 1959.

The minister explained that the commercial lease on the land expired 46 years ago without any evidence of renewal by the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana.

On the high residency permit levies, including the $120 for COVID-19 test imposed by the authorities, Nkrumah stated that this applied to all foreigners and not just Nigerians.

Speaking on the closure of over 1,000 shops belonging to Nigerians over non-payment of the $1m trade levy, the information minister stated, “The compliance exercises conducted in the selected markets revealed gross violations of retail trade laws and regulations by Ghanaians and foreigners, including Nigerians.

“These violations included tax evasion, immigration offences, trading in substandard products, violation of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre law, improper registration of firms, under-payment of business operating permits, falsification of documents, among others.”

Meanwhile, the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, on Sunday condemned Ghana’s hostile policies targeted mainly at Nigerian.

In separate letters to Buhari; Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and Lai Mohammed, Obiano said Ghana was not being fair to Nigerians, given the major role that the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, played “in reshaping the history and destiny of Ghana.”

In one of the letters made available to our correspondent in Awka, the Anambra State by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C-Don Adinuba, Obiano said, “After all, it was the Great Zik of Africa (Nnamdi Azikiwe) who, as Editor-in-Chief of The African Morning Post in Accra in the 1940s, discovered the promising and intelligent young man known as Kwame Nkrumah and encouraged him to travel to the United States for further education and even secured admission for the young man in Zik’s alma mater, Storer College in Philadelphia.

“The Anambra State government notes that it will be a profoundly sad development if Ghanaians create the impression that non-Africans are welcome to their country but not fellow blacks and Africans.”

Source: https://punchng.com/700-nigerians-involved-in-fraud-prostitution-robbery-deported-ghana/

He cited the closure of the Seme-Krake borders since August 2019 as part of steps taken by the Federal Government, which he said had affected the neighbouring countries.

This closing of border issue is the backbone of this problem.
That is the main crux of the matter..... No doubt about it!

*They said we are the poverty capital of the world.
Our Darling Daddy decided that we should just close our poverty stricken borders to the outside world so that we can manage on our own.
Suddenly, scarcity hits Benin Republic, Togo, Niger.
Demonstration hits Ghana, Vietnam, Thailand and other envoys all came calling.*
*Their economy depends on our poverty.
They are begging the most corrupt nation on Earth to do business with them.
They have no buyers for their commodity.
In our neighbors domain, scarcity hit them hard.*

It turned out they need us more than we need them.
We have all it takes to stand alone as a nation.
All we need is a plan and a willing leader.
God bless Nigeria*


WE continue to STAND WITH THE BORDER CLOSURE,
It is for the good of all sane, honest and hardworking Nigerians.

Again, God bless Nigeria.

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn
I don't do politics
But i like this man for that border closure
Which means buhari is a real niggarrr

Correct niggarrr.
You are mouthed!
Cheers!!

Nkrumah accused Nigerian traders in Ghana of gross violations of retail trade laws, including tax evasion, immigration offences, and selling substandard products.

We as Nigerians can not deny this.
If we want to be truthful to ourselves
We see thousands of substandard/fake products o
in our country everyday.
Never knew the sets of criminals and fraudsters have taken it outside the shores of the country.
They even make fake Kasaprenko, aka Alomo bitters!
Those are the kinda bad Nigerians that give our darling country bad name abroad.
May those kinda fraudsters be exposed and deported ASAP.

EMMAUGOH:

Mention their name Okpo.... suffering smiling while millions are led to their grave everyday and selling substandard products which is worse..

Aboki

Na dem!
Dem know themselves!

Truth is bitter,
but we will keep hitting y'all heads with the truth.....as often as we can!

Say no more!

Bad Nigerians Must Go.

so there are no fraudulent Ghanaians in Nigeria? We will soon start deporting them. Tit for tat

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I only blame Nigerians sha, we too dey over do for everything
I really hate how these fvckers humiliate Nigerians everywhere

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We as Nigerians can not deny this.
If we want to be truthful to ourselves
We see thousands of substandard/fake products o
in our country everyday.
Never knew the sets of criminals and fraudsters have taken it outside the shores of the country.
Those are the kinda bad Nigerians that give our darling country bad name abroad.

Mention their name Okpo.. I don't know which one is worse, supporting a substandard government, suffering smiling while millions are led to their grave everyday and selling substandard products which is worse..

Aboki

Our people from the poverty capital of the south, just like what they did in South Africa, doing all kind of shady and illegality.

Nigerians and scam be like 5&6
MFs. them go hear am ta ta ta ta

Just because of the border closure.... E pain them. .
I believe their citizens do worse..

Just because of the border closure.... E pain them. .
I believe their citizens do worse..

This reminds me of the popular saying Ghana must go which popped up in 1983...The opposite is now the case 9ja must go

Ghana and Nigeria ➡️ Cat and Dog

Na the border closure cause all these shenanigans. Very simple, Nigeria should begin to reveal the crimes committed by Ghanaians and other nationals in Nigeria. If you know how many Nigerian bigwigs have been killed by Cameroonian and Beninoise domestics in the last few years in the country and yet Nigerians have never targeted these nationals for reprisals! Time to let West Africans know who the boss is.

BTW, e be like say Ghanaians are tired of receiving electricity and gas from Nigeria. We might just start from there, among numerous others.

BRB

I'm sure few of them iare northerners. Yet the useless ipob youths say that we are the ones destroying the image of the country.

I hope they will still come here to blame Buhari as usual. You have successfully convinced every African out there that the average Nigerian is a scammer/drug trafficker. Even Zambians now see us as criminals and the people solely responsible for this are the ipobian developers. They have even started conducting robberies in Dubai and when the criminals are caught, they blame it on jealousy and the Nigerian government thousands of miles away.

Kenyans, South Africans, Europeans, Asians, etc are all jealous and lazy people.

Shame on Nigerian government ! Shame on the leadership of Nigeria! Shame! Shame!! & shame!!!

Poverty Capital

EMMAUGOH:

Mention their name Okpo.... suffering smiling while millions are led to their grave everyday and selling substandard products which is worse..

Aboki

Na dem!

Say no more!
Truth is bitter!!

Nija I dey hail oh..

Okokobioko

I don't pity Nigeria,it is turn by turn. That year when we were sending Ghanaians home,if they told us that a day would come when Ghana will reject Nigerians with much alacrity and impunity,we would not believe it. Is it only Ghana? no is the answer. We are being rejected all over the globe. An average Nigerian in this generation believes that it is justfiable to make money even if you desecrate another man's country.

It is well.

Ghana dey deport too.. lol.. wahala

This is very bad


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