I'm sure you must be familiar with the popular phrase, "Ghana Must Go"?

Not talking about the bag, but the incident that brought about the phrase where Ghanaians were being deported from Nigeria back to their country in the early 1980s.

Historic pictures of Ghanaians returning to their country after being expelled by Nigeria has surfaced online.

You can see Ghanians being deported from the ship deck in Lagos on Feb 2, 1983 as they prepared to sail back to their country.



In the 1970s, Ghana was facing a lot of economic hardships, just about the same time Nigeria had an oil boom, Nigeria’s economy was flourishing. Citizens of some West African countries (mostly Ghanians) flocked into Nigeria in search of greener pastures .

In a similar vain, oil prices dropped in the 1980s and the revenue from foreign exhange dropped drastically due to the over-reliance of Nigeria on oil. There were no jobs and the hardship started, hence, the need to expell the Ghanaians that were straining the Nigerian resources.

Other foreign African nationals had to leave too. The Federal Government endorsed the expulsion of 700,000 Ghanaians. They all packed their properties in a particular bag and till date the bag is still being referred to as the "Ghana Must Go" bags.

http://www.tori.ng/news/5806/see-historic-pictures-of-ghanaians-leaving-nigeria.html


1st Photo, Ghanaians being deported on the ship deck in Lagos on Feb 2,
1983 as they prepared to sail back to Ghana

2nd Photo, Truckloads of deported Ghanaians returning back to their
country.

3rd Photo, Thousands of Ghanaians on their way home.

The sad thing is.

Today, Ghana is Economically stable than Nigeria, and what did they do to Nigerians trooping every 10 Minutes into their Country? they showed us love.

We should emulate how Ghana shows everybody love into our lives.

But I can't see any "Ghana-must-go" bag so where did the name emanate from?

Chai, but Pa Bubu wicked oo.

Abeg, who don be adult in '83 mek he gist us well on this?

because of the incident i still travel with my Ghana Must Go to any place

Ghana must come back ooooo...... Cos dem get fine girls

They never born me sef na tori i hear GHANA MUST GO

HungerBAD:
The sad thing is.

Today, Ghana is Economically stable than Nigeria, and what did they do to Nigerians trooping every 10 Minutes in their Country? they showed us love.

We should emulate how Ghana shows everybody love into our lives.

Are you now telling us that their is no love in Nigeria

Raphael81:
because of the incident i still travel with my Ghana Must Go to any place

See undiluted lie..devil still dey learn from you

Shuuooo


Nor be Yvonne Nelson,Asamoah Gyan and Sammie Kuffour I de see for the ship soo


Unaa bye bye oooo

Oladimejyyy:
See undiluted lie..devil still dey learn from you

Am very serious son i remeber the ship we entered,mehn i miss being in your country

See how happy they were in that pics
Like they knew what awaited Nigeria.
#God_save_our_Nigeria

Lol... Ghana must go

This is where are politicians now go to invest.

Hahahaha.

Asem o

how I for do

What a flashback, that was when i loosed my private maths teacher. He left within hours of notice

.

payback for deporting over 1m Nigerians from ghana in 1967or 1969 including my parents . Busia was no diff to buhari

How sure are we that it is not just a random picture and it is really the Ghana must go palava

HungerBAD:
The sad thing is.

Today, Ghana is Economically stable than Nigeria, and what did they do to Nigerians trooping every 10 Minutes in their Country? they showed us love.

We should emulate how Ghana shows everybody love into our lives.

Economically stable you said? Bro, I disagree...

on a quick note we shouldn't forget the state of things in Naija then coupled with the aftermath of the civil war. Oil price dwindling and job status of a third of Nigerian working class.
Chilling times indeed.

SirJeffry:


Chai, but Pa Bubu wicked oo.

Abeg, who don be adult in '83 mek he gist us well on this?

Do you need glasses.
Devoted Wailer.smh!

SNblog:
THROW BACK THURSDAY.
It was in january 1983, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the
then president
of Nigeria held a press conference and ordered all
immigrants
without the right papers to leave the country
within a few
weeks.
“If they don’t leave, they should be arrested and
tried, and sent back to their homes. Illegal
immigrants under normal circumstances, should
not be given any notice whatsoever. If you break a
law, then you have to pay for it”, he said in a
statement.

And in 2016 there are over 5 million nigerians in Ghana while they keep on trooping-in like refugees..hahaha
This clearly shows that Ghana is progressing while nigeria is retrogressing.
GOD BLESS GHANA.THE BEST COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA

after Deporting them what happened to ur own country?

See how happy they were.They were happy because they knew how useless nigeria was(currently beyond useless though).

they are better than us today in everything

atoleybaba:
How sure are we that it is not just a random picture and it is really the Ghana must go palava

Probably not.

Flexherbal:
This is where are politicians now go to invest.

RIP to English Language. How were you able to register Nairaland

go and beg them to com back o

I see someone that looks like asamoah gyan

Anyi2015:
go and beg them to com back o

Do they want to come back?

Isnt Ghana having a strong economy now?