Ghanaian authorities have invited
Olufemi Abikoye, Nigeria’s high commissioner to the country, over a protest on
the “demonising” reports about Nigerians based in Ghana.
The high commissioner had
expressed concerns over the manner in which the Ghanaian press “priortised”
negative reports about Nigerians.
“The Ghanaian press, both print
and electronic as well as social media seems to have enjoyed a field day in
demonising Nigeria which for all intent and purpose, is seen as a fraternal
brother to Ghana,” Abikoye had said in a statement.
While addressing the media hours
after the complaint by Abikoye, Frank Dompreh (pictured), chairman of the
foreign affairs committee in Ghana, said his team will discuss with the Nigerian
diplomat in order to strengthen the ties between both countries.
“We are threading cautiously, but
unfortunately recent pronouncements in the media is not the best and we as a
committee that has oversight when it comes to over-arching concerns about foreign
relations,” he said.
“We want to appeal to the
generality of the people of this country, the youth and the media. We should
all be measured in our pronouncements, any arrest which has been effected by
the police, we will urge the police to do their work dispassionately.
“We have sent a word to the
Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana. We will be meeting him, we feel that there
is no course of worry, but generally we have to appeal to our own that we don’t
want to dread any bad relationship between the two countries.”
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