Ghana Must Go has entered the international lexicon no thanks to Nigeria’s expulsion of illegal aliens” in 1983, a reminder of a similar action by Ghana in 1969.
The sack/bag called Ghana must go, used by the returning Ghanaians for their belongings has since gone global.
Ghana and Nigeria might have chequered relations, but between them, they account for more than 60% of the population of the regional economic bloc, ECOWAS.
Apart from being former British colonies, they also share historical, ancestral and cultural affinities and must de-empasize their differences.
Both countries must demonstrate leadership, work together to improve their bilateral relations for the mutual benefits of their peoples and to foster economic cooperation, development and regional integration.
Nigeria hosts the ECOWAS headquarters and Ghana is current Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and government, and also hosts the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Regional Economic Communities (RECs) were set up to serve as the engine of Africa’s economic development and integration. But that has not happened. Great pan-Africanists like Kwame Nkrumahs and Nnamdi Azikiwes, and world-renowned economists Adebayor Adedejis and Sam KB Asantes would be turning in their graves!
