As Nigeria prepares to celebrate its 60th year of independence from the British, the Progressive Ambassadors of Nigerian (PAN), has pleads with the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, to treat the immediate evacuation of stranded Nigerian traders in Ghana, as urgent and a matter of national importance.
In a statement by the group, signed by its National Director, Media, Emmanuel Imevbore Ohiomokhare, it was said that this appeal became imperative, seeing the rising cases of frustrations, hunger and impoverishment affecting our citizens, who are stranded in the neighbouring West African country of Ghana. It has been reported that some of these people had become victims of suicide attempts, as most of them have lost all means of livelihood.
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According to PAN, the request is reinforced as the issue of the Ghana Investment Promotion Act (865) under which premise of Nigerians in Ghana were, and are being subjected to several xenophobic and dehumanizing conditions; is by all evidence and manifest, just a cover to sack Nigerians in Ghana.
“As we speak, several families are now begging to feed with no form of palliatives or financial assistance; and sick children are unable to access medical treatment. It is no longer news that, as things stand today, from clear body language of the Ghanaian government , that Ghanaians no longer want Nigerians in their country”, the statement read.
PAN stressed that it was greatly disturbed with this development which has the potential for unlawful resort to either self-help or recourse to unpatriotic lifestyles capable of tarnishing the good image of Nigeria.
“PAN is disappointed that all diplomatic measures taken so far with respect to this matter have not yielded the desired results but we believe the immediate evacuation of our victims from Ghana remains the best and most appropriate nationalistic step to take at this moment while diplomatic engagements continue.
“We wish the president a happy 60th independence anniversary and beg him to timely intervene on this issue”.
