obstead200:
before, I don't really give a damn. But now, I don vex. The reason for demolition is a slap on our face. It could have easily been resolved. I propose we give them 2 choices....either they rebuild the structure at Thier own cost, or we pull down their embassy here in Nigeria.

What arrant nonsense!!!!

It was brought down by a private individual not the government. The government of Ghana has apologized and promised to re-build the structure.

mmars:

No we are better off united
Separated will make the europian influence in Africa deeper
And the war started as a result of the biasness and corruption of the east

Interesting! would you said bias and corruption is only in the East? I mean corruption is very rampant accross Africa.

Purely as an outsider I think (and I could be wrong) that the differences between Nigerians are far to great to it a meaningful union. In the documentary that I watched, Sir Ahmado Bello the then Prermier of Nothern Nigeria said that he would employ a white person than a Nigerian from the south. How can a whole leader say something like this about his own countrymen?

mmars:

Biafra is dead and you will keep ranting on the net till eternity
The east is the master mind of Nigeria corruption GEJ can testify
Your leader is an scared albino that makes house fly noises

I'm Ghanaian, I was recently watching the a documentary about the Biafra war and even as a non-Nigerian, I found myself rooting for Biafra. I genuinely think Nigeria will be a much better country if divided between North, Youroabland and Igboland.

Curious to think what the rest of you Nigerians think?

joviegghead:
Hi.
Are you seriously shitting me?!
High commission paid. It's even got a letter of allocation and right of entry to the land issue by the land commission itself.
But one document - Title certificate... Just this document led to the demolition of a the building which must have cost a lot.

I don't care about any article quoted by Nigeria's minister. I not even sure it's valid but..
They must build it back

Ghanaians and their bitter rivalry with Nigeria ehn.

As a lot of people have said time and again, this demolition was not done by the government of Ghana but by private individual. I don't think the government of Ghana will commit such embarrassment.

Land disputes is a very big issue in Ghana (unfortunately), especially in Accra where prices of lands are running through the roof. It just so happens that Nigerian High Commission is the at the wrong of the stick this time, but it happens even between Ghanaians. This has very little to do with Ghanaian hating Nigerians.

israelmao:
Ghana's bitter rivalry with Nigeria is age-long but the fact that Ghana must come to term with is that,Nigeria even in her worse state is better than Ghana in term of human and material resources.

All patriotism aside, judging the two countries purely based on performance, Ghana beats Nigeria on almost every meaningful metric. From poverty, to press freedom, poverty, peacefulness, education. Name it and Ghana comes on top of Nigeria.

1. I’m a Ghanaian and I think the demolition of the property wasn’t right, it lacks finesse and legitimacy. Even if the embassy is encroaching their land, they could have managed it better. It’s good thing the government of Ghana apologized. It’s an embarrassment.



2. I heard a lot of Nigerian talking about Ghanaians hating, but I wonder do Nigerians listen some of the things they say about Ghana. It should go both ways, if you don’t want Ghanaians talking shit about your country or people you shouldn’t also do it.

3. It has emerged that the Nigerian High Commission is indeed wrongfully taking the land. The Land Commission in Ghana wrote to them twice to show proper documentation of the land but they refused to respond to their request. Regardless that is not to say that demolition of the structure was right.

4. Ghana and Nigeria have a lot more in common than we think, we shouldn’t let this minor issue separate us.

Askme2020:


You are right. I support this, if we suspend all trade ties for a month the Ghana FG will get sense.

Ghanaian trade with Nigeria is less than 2% of Ghana’s GDP.

SaintBishop:

So because there are more poor people in Nigeria than the rest of African combined means Nigeria should take nonsense from Ghana hand?

Nope! My point was, there are more important things to fix in Nigeria than this.

Especially when it was done by a private person not the government of Ghana. The government has apologized and promised to look into it.

Ironi:


You know , what I have come to observe is that with all its 200M population Nigeria does not have intelligent people at all. Any dumbass can become a leader.

See this mumu speaker or whatever he calls himself calling for retaliation as if the individual or people Who destroyed the building acted in the name of the government.

This are the sorts of people who would lead their country into some stupid confrontations or wars.
Unfortunately that’s how a majority of Nigerians think, morons.

I don’t think that is entirely true. There are a lot of very smart Nigerians. They’ve only been lead astray by poor leadership. I’m a Pan-Africanist. I would like to see my Nigerian brothers do well and prosper.

With this level of thinking in Nigeria, it’s no wonder that a nation blessed with oil and other natural resources is still languishing in filth, poverty and diseases (not that Ghana is perfect!). So called leaders are foolish and petty.

There are more poor people in Nigeria than the rest of Africa combined. But no this isn’t important, let’s retaliate to show our strength!

Africa has indeed a very long way to go !

adamadwealthy:


Kindly add this to your knowledge on international relations. Destroying a house in an embassy of a foreign country is an encroachment on their territory and a breach of international laws. Do you think any sane country will destroy a house in the embassy of the United Sates and not be repelled forcefully? So it's not about what it adds to Nigerians but an issue of doing what is right.

The demolition wasn’t sanctioned by the government of Ghana. It was a private individual who felt the embassy was encroaching on their but instead of going to court he took matter in his hands. Apparently they tried to settle it with them but the embassy wouldn’t speak to them.


American embassy will never encroach on lands of local people it will never be a case to begin with.

yembet:


Ghanaians have never love Nigeria and Nigerians
They dislike us and they dont hide it atall.
We are talking about racism against the blacks by the whites.
The racism in Africa continent, is far greater. If you meet a Ghanaian at work , among the whites, the Ghanaian will join the whites to bully you
They are not loving atall, sorry, I'm not been stereotype here, they are hostile in nature.

Do Nigerian/Nigerians love Ghana ? Why is it that we feature eachother m in our films, movies etc?

Ghana/Nigeria relationship goes back centuries. In fact the chief who went to demolish the building is himself a Ga who have direct roots in Nigeria.

Several Ghanaians are married to Nigerian in both countries and in the diaspora. Don’t be fooled by arm-chair warriors. Our two countries are more intertwined than you think.

Greenbirth:
listen I know a lot of Ghanaians especially the illiterates ones from Kumasi are here in nairaland monitoring every comments. Ghana are monitoring spirit long time ago we know. Did you see the building. Does that building look like event building.

I live in ghana and I know exactly how you people behave. You project yourself to international communities to be good to collect aids but inward. You are spoiled apple.

The embassy is well fenced long time ago. Even if it is illegally acquired, don't you have court? Why did you show up in the middle of the night if you are not criminals.

People like your pompous self is some Nigerians are generally dislikes in Ghana.

Respect goes both ways, if Nigerians want to be respected and treated as such they should accord the same respect and decorum. You call Ghana rotten apple but expect Ghana and Ghanaian to treat you with civility ?!

Greenbirth:
Lies, I have been in nigerian Embassy in ghana several times and the embassy has been fenced long time ago. Even the 21 km road linking many embassies there was built by Obasojo.

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Get your facts right ! Obasanjo hasn’t built a mm or road in Ghana. He has a very good relationship with the former Ghanaian president, John Kuffour as a result he named a street after him. There are a few other streets named after Patrice Lumumba, Sankara and other African leaders.

temptnow:


Ghanaians forbid selling land to a Nigerian, they prefer black Americans instead. That's what is going on in Ghana as we speak

That is actually not the case, I personally know of several Nigerians who own lands and property in Ghana! What is special about this land is that its Ina a very prime location in Accra and can be with millions of dollars.

skukimania:
OSU dey for Ghana too? Ayam not understanding.

This OSU chief should be made to pay for it.

The Ga people of Accra are originally from Ile Ife in Nigeria. They’re originally Nigerians

There’s more case to this story than we’re hearing ! According to the gradiometers area the land is stolen by the Nigerian and aided by the High Commission. Case needs to go to court.

https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/regional/Osu-Chief-and-elders-hold-crunch-meeting-on-demolition-987286

fergie001:

By UN Statute, the diplomatic mission of any Country in another Country is a Sovereign territory of that Country.

What it means is that the US Embassy in Abuja is seen as owned by the USA and will be secured with everything therein.

The said building is on a piece of land which doesn’t belong to the mission and not part of the diplomatic mission.

Just reading a bit on it, it appears the land in question belongs to the traditional chief of the area. The ambassador is using his diplomatic status to forcible acquire the land without due process.

That price of land is one of the most expensive in Ghana and can costs millions of dollars.

Regardless I don’t think demolition without court was good thing. The case needs to go to court for further clarification.

Wait.. isn’t mr. Eazi Ghanaian? I kid I kid haha

This story is complete fake!!!

Such a story would have made it all over Ghanaian news website but if google it you only find it 2 Nigerian websites including Nairaland. someone just made this shit up

Yohh:
Imagine Ghana having more than 2500 cases and some ignorant and educated illiterate Nigerians are saying the figure in Nigeria is bloated because they don't personally know a friend or cousin infected with COVID-19.

Ghana has 1279 cases with 10 deaths not 2500!

https://ghanahealthservice.org/covid19/

joefelin2345:

Religion can really be an opinion of the masses -Karl Max

“Opioid” (as in the drug) not “Opinion”

None that I can think of (maybe F4 visa which is unrealistic to get) Matter of fact it might even go against you when applying for a US (tourist) visa. If you ever find yourself applying for an American (tourist) Visa make sure in the section where they ask if you have any immediate family make sure you pick "NO".

Unless of course they have other ways of knowing (eg. your brother invited you and he indicated he's your brother)

The reason being, if they know you have an immediate relative they might think you might not want to return back.

BigGuyMan:
This useless olosho is back with her dumb comments.
This olosho need to learn to shut the Bleep up and stop saying crap.
Comparing a country of less than 20 million people to a country almost exceeding 200 million.

Stupid dumb hoe.

Ghana has a population of over 27 million people, Nigeria has a population of 190million. Learn to check facts before posting.

nototribalist:
Imagine this thing.

because they drive you around in convoy. Ghana is a boring village that if people like Tacha arrived there, their national television will pause to announce that Nigerian celeb like Tacha is in the country

Ghana is boring yet you Nigerians troop there daily to having host your weddings and have a holiday! Ever heard of a Ghanaian visiting Nigeria for holidays?

Case in point, Ghanaian websites hardly mentioned anything about the Nigerian border closure issue but it was a daily news here on Nairaland and other Nigerian websites. Matter of fact I only read about her visit to Ghana on Nairaland, none of the Ghanaian website are covering it because no one knows her there. Talk of who is obsessed with who!

Ghana is performing better than Nigeria on many levels, be it education, growth of economy, employment generation, tolerance, health, quality of life etc

morikee:
Stupid Ghanian

Hmm what has Ghana done? You realize that her boyfriend is Nigerian?

NimrodEndOfDays:
dude. we have a group of people required to man these post. they are called the Nigerian CUSTOMS. no matter how you try to paint it, the direction or progress of this country has been articulated in the BUDGET. closing the border for a million years would not change a thing. we have loans that are still accumulating. if we actually have leaders, the first thing to do is a massive cut on the NASS. simple. Border Closure is just a crude way of making people feel that the government is working. i will not be hood winked. moreover what is the impact of these actions on the economy when you have half backed graduates and very poor infrastructure. it doesn't make sense when you starve the masses and still dont provide the basics and think God would miraculously create the environment. we have a vision less and directionless government that takes priority in doing the wrong things at the right time and the right things at the wrong time. The energy this government is using to catch rice smugglers would have been best utilized in funding education and infrastructure. but no, They are busy looking for people who hate them and calling everyone terrorist that oppose their views.

Thank you my brother! If more Nigerians thought like you, your country will be significantly better off!

This guys talking sense, unfortunately Nairaland is filled with people who refuse to think!

Think about it, if someone wants to smuggle goods to Nigeria they will use one of two ways. Either they take it through they use the border and pay bribe to custom officials or they will use undesignated routes to bring goods to Nigeria. Neither of these two issues can be solve by solved by closing the border.

Here's the thing that most African countries don't get, YOU CANNOT PRODUCE EVERYTHING!. This is something that Europeans learnt long time ago. Every EU country has a specialty (Germany - cars and machinery, Netherlands - dairy products, France - wine, cheese, fashion etc) They focus on what they're good at and over time they're about to become better and efficient at that.

But in Africa no! Nigeria got the whiff that Benin is important rice, so the close their border to "punish". Now he's the thing, imagine Nigeria is able to produce more rice in the next few years, are they going to export it to Benin and other countries?

What Nigeria should be doing is focus on doing what it's good at!

360command:
We have done alot for our economy, in that poverty you say we are, we are moving forward. Let us use any African country as an example and tell me what Ghanaian companies are there and I will tell you Nigerian companies there..

I know your Ghana too well, I schooled, lived, worked and invested in Ghana.. so I still have respect for the country.. Your argument on Nigeria banks in Ghana is pointless. For a foreign bank even a local bank to establish in any country, that bank would pay a capitalization base fee to the central bank and this does not come cheap which is an assurance if the bank is to shutdown, the central bank can reimburse the people.. Dont make it sound like Nigerian banks came in without paying nothing and Ghanaians started depositing their money bla bla bla..

This is no arguement, you and I know that Nigerian students are much in Ghana..Ain't doing any research, you can Google it but you dont need Google ..At the time when I was studying in Ghana, paying $3500 fees in knust, Ghanaian student were paying 500 to 800ghana cedis..our population then was huge ... And you tell me foreign students dont help the economy.. a Nigerian student then, his pocket money was $1000 for a semester, 50% of that money goes to food and you tell me foreign student dont help in the economy..

And who told you Nigerians dont go to public universities in Ghana.. which Ghanaian university did you go to?

I want you to understand this, the Indians in Nigeria are the highest number of foreigners living and investing in Nigeria and it will be stupid and blind of me to say the Indians dont do nothing in our economy. If the Indians are to pull out today from any sector they are investing, Nigeria economy will shake. This is the same way Nigeria is to Ghana.. Please be matured in your writing..

Perhaps you're not aware, some Ghanaian students pay the same amount as the foreign students. They are Ghanaian students who couldn't good grades but are allowed into the university in which case they pay the same amount as you did as a foreign student. There are more of such students than all foreign students combined.

TheDestroyer:
Ignorant fellow. Nkrumah was just another ghanian fool who wanted Africa to be just one country with him as the leader. No wonder he was killed like a rabbit. Whether you admit or not Nigeria has played more pan african role than ghana on the continent, ghana is just that bitter side kick in the corner with no usefulness. Even Zimbabwe played a major role in apartheid fight than ghana. Very useless people

Nkrumah wasn't killed, he died of cancer. Nkrumah rightly saw that Africa's best chance of prosperity was to stick together and act as single unit based on the United States model. Without that Africa is going to be torn apart and have it's resources eaten by the "vultures". That is exactly what is happening now.

African has the most resources but we are poorest continent. I white man will buy a bag of cocoa for almost nothing, turn it into choclate and sell it for 10x the price he bought it for.

CaptainMeks:


in 2018 Ghana bought Nigerian exports valued at over $240m while Nigeria bought Ghana imports valued at just $61m which is 4 times less than what you bought from us.

The one who buys more from the other needs the other more. Ghana needs nigeria more in order to survive while Nigeria honestly does not need you to survive.

When you buy over $240m worth of our goods while in return we only patronize $61m worth of your goods then Imagine what would happen to your country if we refuse to sell those goods to you. Your death as a nation would be slow but sure.

In 2017, Ghana's total export was valued USD 13.835 billion. Making export Ghana's export to Nigeria is less than 2% of Ghana's total export. It's important but still very tiny part of Ghana's total export. Regardless I think African countries should be working to complement each other not fighting. It's just plain silly.