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By Oluwasina Adedotun, Abuja

  • As Nigerians Plan Protests

The diplomatic ties between Nigeria and Ghana is seeming going Golgotha as Ghana has started repainting the controversial diplomatic premises it recently forcefully took over from Nigeria High Commission in the country

The building located in Accra which wears the Green White Green  national  colours is now being re- painted white even as it has been established that the authorities in Ghana allocated the diplomatic premises to a prominent  member of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the country.

The value of the property located at No, 10 Barnes Road, Accra is put at $5million. It was said to have been acquired a year before Nigeria’s independence.

Investigations revealed   that against all diplomatic norms, Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Olufemi Michael Abikoye can no longer enter the diplomatic premises.

Nigeria’s Mission in Ghana was asked to vacate the building for Amaco Microfinance Company, Limited, Ghana.

It was also gathered that the controversial new owner wants to use it as collateral for a loan from a Nigerian-owned bank in Ghana.

This latest row is coming when the dust over the forceful closure of about 1000 shops belonging to Nigerians living in Ghana is yet to settle.

Many Nigerians living in Ghana are worried that their home government has not done much to protect their business interest and even a property that belongs to Nigeria.

Investigations revealed that the Nigerian community in Ghana are not happy with developments and are planning to embark on protests in the two countries.

As it is now, no one is sure of the future of the relations between the two countries as the authorities in Ghana seems poised to retaliate the continued closure of Nigeria’s land borders, while the strange attitude of Nigerian government is not helping matter.

 

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Abdul Rahman Aliagan is an Abuja-based seasoned Journalist who was born in late 70s and has spanned over a decade and half in the profession. His flair for investigative Journalism has earned him a niche and more on the profession. A member of Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, he is currently the National Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists, NGIJ, an umbrella body for all the curious journalists in Nigeria. Aliagan, a graduate of History from the Better By Far University, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, and a Masters student in the Department of History, Nasarawa State University, Keffi. He started his Journalistic career with The Herald Newspaper, in 1997 even as a Copy boy in the Newsroom; he later moved his career to Funtua, Katsina State as a Media Assistant to a Non-Governmental Organization, (NGO), Pan-African Development Education and Advocacy Programme (PADEAP). Aliagan later joined the service of Newspeg Newspaper, an Abuja based media outfit as a Senior Correspondent only to become the pioneer Editor as the platform later transformed to Magazine titled Newspeg Magazine. For his close to two decades uninterrupted media experiences, Aliagan with some like minds floated Time Nigeria Magazine, where he is currently serving as the Managing Editor, a Magazine that is setting Economic and political pace for the most populous country on African continent, Nigeria. Aliagan has been a Contributing Editor for some other media platforms such as Security Monitor, Kwara Arise and Health Agenda. Aliagan is the Publisher of ArtsDaily Nigeria, a History, Culture and Tourism focused Newspaper.

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