The Federal Government of Nigeria has served a strong warning to the Government of Ghana stating it will no longer tolerate any form of alleged harassment of its citizens residing in Ghana.
Nigeria’s government insists its citizens have over time endured a series of “progressive acts of hostility” allegedly meted out to them by Ghanaian authorities.
The claims and warnings were captured on the official Facebook page of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Nigeria on August 28, 2020.
The post captioned: “Nigeria will no longer tolerate harassment of its citizens in Ghana,” catalogued eight instances of such alleged hostility.
“The Nigerian Government is deeply concerned by the incessant harassment of its citizens in Ghana and the progressive acts of hostility towards the country by Ghanaian authorities, and will no longer tolerate such. In this regard, the Federal Government is urgently considering a number of options aimed at ameliorating the situation.”
The Nigerian Government noted that although about one million Ghanaians are living in Nigeria, such persons “are not being subjected to the kind of hostility being meted out to Nigerians in Ghana” and threatened to retaliate if such actions do not stop.
“Nigeria has time after time demonstrated its fidelity to the long cordial relations with Ghana. But indications, especially in recent times, are that Nigeria’s stance is now being taken for granted and its citizens being made targets of harassment and objects of ridicule. This will no longer be tolerated under any guise,” the statement warned.
