16/09/2025
On the global stage, both nations have produced icons: From Ghana's Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace laureate, to Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala leading the WTO, we inspire the world with our leadership and innovation. Socially, intermarriages, student exchanges, and diaspora communities—millions strong—remind us daily that we are family, not foes. Through challenges like economic downturns, pandemics, and climate threats, we have supported each other with aid, expertise, and solidarity, proving our resilience.
To settle this current conflict—rooted in trade frictions where Ghanaian laws on retail investments clash with Nigerian traders' presence, and amplified by unverified crime accusations—let us channel this history into action. First, convene high-level bilateral talks under the Joint Commission, involving traders, community leaders, and officials from both sides, as urged by the Nigerian community in Ghana just last month