By Correspondent in Abuja
Nigerians in living and working in Ghana, under the auspices of Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana, (NUTAG), have presented a Save-Our-Soul Letter requesting to be evacuated from Ghana.
The Letter was presented to
Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa in Abuja Wednesday by the National Association of Nigerian Traders, (NANTS),led by Dr Ken Ukoaha.
He was accompanied by the President of Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG) and other members of the Association.
This is contained in a release signed by Gabriel Odu of the Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of NIDCOM in Abuja
Their request is among others to secure a peaceful and secure evacuation of Nigerians in Ghana back home to Nigeria. The letter has a list of 753 members who signed to be supported to return home.
They explained that the evacuation had become necessary because of the constant and consistent harassment, intimidation, torture and threat to life as well as a total lockdown of their means of livelihood, adding that their shops had been locked for almost one year by the Ghanaian Authorities
” More so, since all diplomatic niceties at the highest level between Nigeria and Ghana have not yielded positive results. “Now, landlords are coming to ask us for rent.How do we pay with our shops locked up for so long . We are dying here”, they lamented.
However, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, once again, called for peace, stressing that all relevant stakeholders would continually be engaged.
She said it was indeed sad that shops belonging to Nigerians in Ghana had not been reopened for almost one year.
The NIDCOM boss, however, pleaded again with the traders not to allow tempers rise, assuring them that she would convey their message for support to relocate home, to the appropriate authorities for further consideration and to speed up the process with strategic Ministries and Agencies to bring lasting solution to the issues involved.
Dabiri-Erewa also said Nigeria wouls not hesitate to gladly and safely welcome her Citizens back to the Country.
