SAN FRANCISCO, November 12, (THEWILL) – Nigerian traders have called on the Nigerian government to evacuate them from Ghana. Their request is enclosed in a Save-Our-Soul letter delivered to the Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
According to the letter, they are seeking a secure and peaceful return to Nigeria. The traders explained that their evacuation had become necessary because of the constant and consistent harassments, intimidation, torture, threat to their lives and the total lockdown of their means of livelihood in Ghana.
They said that their shops had been locked up for almost one year by Ghanaian authorities. “Diplomatic niceties at the highest level between Nigeria and Ghana have not yielded positive results. Landlords are coming to ask us for rent. How do we pay with our shops locked up for so long? We are dying here”, the traders lamented in the letter.
Receiving the delegation, Dabiri-Erewa called for peace, stressing the need for all relevant stakeholders to continually engage in peace talks. She said it was indeed sad that the traders` shops have not been reopened for almost a year, citing Ghana’s draconian regulations which breached ECOWAS Protocols on Free Trade and the Movement of Goods and Services.
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The NiDCOM boss pleaded with the traders not to allow tempers to rise as she would convey their message to the appropriate Nigerian authorities. She said that the Nigerian government would gladly welcome the traders back home.
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