Nigeria’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, is set to embark on a visit to Ghana on Wednesday, September 2^nd, 2020, over the hostile treatment of Nigerians living in the West African country.

Gbajabiamila made this known to State House journalists after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, September 1^st, 2020.

According to the Speaker, he got the blessing from President Buhari to meet with his Ghanaian counterpart to find a solution to the problem

“I am leaving for Ghana tomorrow to meet with the Speaker of the Parliament in Ghana to look at the issues on ground as it affects our citizens, to try and calm things down to see if there is a way forward.

“I informed the President; he is aware of every single step that we are taking. We hope that we will come to an amicable settlement one way or the other,” he said

The Speaker said he was not demanding anything on behalf of the Nigerian Government explained that his mission to Ghana is to discuss and see how the two countries can resolve whatever the issues are.

This development comes less than one week after the Nigerian Government warned that it would no longer tolerate the maltreatment of its citizens in Ghana.

Recall that on Friday, August 28^th, 2020, Eons Intelligence reported that Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said that the Federal Government is deeply concerned by the incessant harassment and the progressive acts of hostility towards Nigerians by Ghanaian authorities.

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It is imperative to note that on August 15^th, 2020, Security operatives in Ghana locked up shops belonging to Nigerian traders despite evidence of tax payment.

This was eight months after 600 shops belonging to foreign traders, particularly Nigerians, at the Kwame Nkrumah circle, Ghana, were locked up by members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association, on December 19^th, 2019.

According to the Minister, the President Buhari administration is urgently considering a number of options, as part of measures to contain the situation.

He also revealed that the Government has been documenting the acts of hostility towards Nigerians by the Ghanaian authorities.

On Sunday, August 30^th, 2020, Ghana’s Information Minister, Endkojo Oppong Nkrumah, responded and faulted claims made by the Nigerian Government.

He however explained that President Nana Akufo-Addo will engage with President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the matters amicably.

While reiterating the country’s commitment to maintaining what could be described as warm relations between the two countries, Nkrumah said the move is necessary to guard against straining the diplomatic ties.

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