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IS IT TRUE GHANA STARTED THIS GET OUT OF OUR COUNTRY THING? IT SEEMS MANY NIGERIANS DON'T KNOW THIS AND WE TEASE GHANAIANS WITH THIS BUT APPARENTLY THEY DID IT FIRST. IF SO WHY DO THEY NOT TAG US WITH IT AS WE HAVE TAGGED THEM WITH IT?

jmaine: ^
Very Insightful . . . . .Thanks for that link

dasparrow:

Yes they did. I found that out here on nairaland. Read this academic piece by Dr Rasheed Olaniyi (Ph.D): http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/pdfs/rasheed-olaniyi

The reason many Nigerians are not aware that Nigeria got kicked out of Ghana first is because it happened during the height of the biafra war between 1967-1970 and many of us were not yet born into this confused wicked world at that time. The Nigerian people most affected by the deportation exercise were the yorubas according to Dr Olaniyi. He said that Igbo migrants were allowed to remain in Ghana because of the biafra war.

In addition, Ghanian government instructed her citizens not to purchase the homes of the about to be deported Nigerian migrants. So Nigerians ended up leaving behind their homes and investments in Ghana and the Ghanians had a ball with these properties that did not originally belong to them (as mentioned in Olaniyi's paper). This should also serve as a lesson. Before you spend your hard earned money investing in property in another man's land, make sure you have the citizenship or at least permanent residency of the country in question so you don't risk losing your investment.

Anway, if you have adobe acrobat reader installed on your desk computer or laptop, I suggest you read the paper. It is very informative with pictures of some of the Nigerian migrants that were sent back to Nigeria, copies of newspaper articles from back in the day highlighting the deportation exercise and statistical information. It is no wonder Nigeria chose to retaliate in the early 80s when some of us were either infants, toddlers, under 8 years of age or not even born yet.

Hope I answered your question.

Dede1:

When will these goofy individuals leave Igbo people out of their tribal madness in Nigeria? First of all, Dr. Kofi Abrefo Busia became Ghana Prime Minister on October 1, 1969. The Alliance Compliance Order did not come until Busia was sworn-in on October 1, 1969. One wonders where Dr Olaniyi got the drift that Ndigbo were allowed to stay in Ghana while the Yoruba were deported which led him/her to conclude that Yoruba were more adversely affected than Igbo.

All Africans of non-Ghanaian citizen were affected by the Alliance Compliance Order of 1969. The bulk of Nigerian deported from Ghana peaked after the civil war in January 1970.

Bennyboy11: Ghana did it in a Civilized way as you would expect

2mch: Abeg leave Ghana alone, dem better pass una. If i had my way i will kick Nigerians out of my village too. smh. Only animals live and reason like Nigerians.