Sometimes when things are not going smoothly in a country, fingers start to point towards foreigners and minorities.
In the early 80s, Nigeria was going through a period of austerity. The government of the day had a brainwave that this austerity and gradual decline of law and order and other sundry negatives were caused by 'illegal aliens'
The government went ahead to strengthen its borders and deported a large number of 'illegal aliens'. The majority of those deported were from Ghana. The infamous 'Ghana must go'.
Since then, while Ghana is steadily improving, Nigeria has been in free fall. Today, Nigerians who were coming of age in the early 80s now send their children to Ghana to be educated. Ghana is a major tourist destination for Nigerians. Even some top politicians and business moguls go to Ghana to seek refuge until situation back home become conducive.
Foreigners are not usually the cause of the economic and social woes of a country. Foreigners and indigenes contribute to the overall success and failure of a country. There is no empirical evidence that deporting or banning foreigners improves the fortunes of a nation
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