The Federal Government said, on Thursday, it had not received any official communication regarding the deportation of Nigerians from the United States to Ghana. This followed reports that Ghana had accepted Nigerians and other West Africans deported from the US under a new arrangement.
According to Reuters, President John Mahama disclosed on Wednesday that a first batch of 14 deportees, made up of Nigerians, a Gambian, and others, had already arrived in Accra, with the Ghanaian authorities facilitating their return to their respective countries.
The report was not specific about the number and identity of Nigerians among the deportees.
Mahama was quoted as saying, “We were approached by the US to accept third-party nationals who were being removed from the US, and we agreed with them that West African nationals were acceptable because all our fellow West Africans don’t need a visa to come to our country,” he said.