The federal government has described as condemnable, the blanket outrage against Nigerians living in Ghana and branding them as criminals.
The federal government made the remarks on Tuesday in a statement by the Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols, NIDCOM, Abuja, Mr. Abdur-Rahman Balogun.
According to him, speaking on the issue, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said: “Nigerians are not criminals. They are good ambassadors wherever they find themselves while those bad ones should be fished out to face necessary sanctions,” she declared.
He said the NiDCOM boss made the remarks against the backdrop of “a disturbing video on social media showing a protest by some Ghanaians calling on the authority to send Nigerians back to Nigeria alleging that their behaviours and attitudes were not in conformity with the norms of Ghana.”
She appealed for calm and urged Nigerians living in Ghana not to be provoked or go into violence with anyone as the issue was being handled at the diplomatic level by the Minister of State Foreign Affairs , Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu
She advised anyone using inciteful words, on both sides , to desist henceforth as such statements were capable of escalating the matter.
Dabiri-Erewa also advised Nigerians to disregard the videos circulating that Nigerians’ shops and properties were being destroyed by Ghanaians.
“There is no evidence to that and we must at all cost try to prevent any reprisal attacks,” she said.
She praised Ghanaian and Nigeria High Commissioners for their efforts to control the situation, adding that the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, had also been in touch with Ghanaian authorities and had taken some pro- active measures.
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