The Ghana Must Go Saga
In 1983, a dark chapter unfolded between Nigeria and Ghana, and it's a tale that still resonates today.
This was triggered by the mass expulsion of Ghanaian illegal immigrants ordered by Nigeria's military head of state.
This incident sparked a chain of events that led to the birth of the "Ghana Must Go" bag. The twists and turns of this story will urge you to keep watching until the very end.
It all started in the 1970s when Nigeria was experiencing an oil boom while Ghana was undergoing political and economic difficulties.
Nigeria, a young and soon-to-be-liberated country with a population of about a hundred million people, discovered oil in 1958.
Shell, Mobil, and Agip were the first companies to set up shops in the country to drill for oil commercially.
Despite the terrible military governments that plagued the nation at that time, the oil money was stable, and hopes were high that Nigeria could flourish.
When oil prices surged worldwide in the 1970s, the economy exploded. The golden era had arrived, and the country had become Africa’s wealthiest, earning it the nickname “The Giant of Africa.”
Nigerian oil wells were producing 2.3 million barrels per day by 1974. The quality of life has improved.
People moved from the countryside to the cities. The immigration was not only from Nigeria but also from other parts of the region.
On the other hand, Ghana, the world’s largest cocoa producer in the 1960s, was experiencing the polar opposite.
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