Kofi Okyere-Darko, the Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Affairs, has said nothing is going to happen to South Africans living in Ghana.
According to Kofi Okyere-Darko, South Africans businesses will run as they should if they abide by the laws of Ghana.
He also added that there won’t be any demonstrations in Ghana aimed at sending South Africans back to their country.
Kofi Okyere-Darko added that Ghana still positions itself as the leading force in the “Borderless Africa” movement, driven by significant policy implementations.
Speaking to the media, “Nothing is going to happen to South Africans living in Ghana; their businesses will run as they should”.
In related news, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has urged Ghanaians to remain calm amid rising xenophobic tensions in South Africa.
The Catholic Bishops’ President urged Ghanaians to desist from retaliatory calls to shut down South African businesses operating in Ghana.
He argued that retaliatory action would escalate the tensions across the continent, which would undermine African unity and peaceful coexistence.
Speaking to Citi News, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi advised, “I believe that Ghanaians who have been repatriated, and indeed all Africans, should see this as a misunderstanding by some people in South Africa and should not react by repatriating South Africans back”.
“Once you begin that, it will have a snowball effect all over Africa. We just want everybody to keep calm. Initially, people may want to act emotionally to settle scores, but that is not the proper way to handle these issues,” he added.
He added, “Ghanaians will continue to live in South Africa and South Africans will also continue to live in Ghana. Ghanaians have businesses there, and South Africans also have businesses here. Let us live in unity and love”.
He highlighted that misunderstandings and isolated incidents may occur but warned against allowing the situations to define relationships among African nations.
“There will always be some aberrations. You should not build on the deviations. It is very sad that Africans continue to build on the divisions created by Europeans instead of breaking away from them. We keep emphasising artificial boundaries and differences,” he lamented.
The Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi also cited historical parallels between Ghana and Nigeria, during which both countries expelled each other’s citizens.
“Ghana once made the mistake of asking Nigerians to go back home, and later Nigerians also repatriated Ghanaians. I do not think the two countries will ever repeat those mistakes again because they have learned their lesson,” he added.
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“Nothing is going to happen to South Africans living in Ghana, their businesses will run as it should” – Kofi Okyere-Darko, Director of Diaspora Affairs of the President of Ghana.
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He also added that there won’t be any demonstrations in Ghana aimed at sending South Africans back… pic.twitter.com/9KmCNc711v
Following renewed xenophobic attackstargeting African migrants in South Africa, particularly Ghanaians, some citizens of Ghana have called for retaliation or a boycott of South African businesses operating in the country.
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