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Dele Momodu reacts to closure of Nigerian-owned shops in Ghana, pledges to provide palliatives to affected traders

\"\"Journalist and chairman of Ovation Media group, Dele Momodu, has reacted to the recent closure of some shops owned by Nigerian businessmen and women in Ghana by some Ghanaian authorities. In a statement released, Momodu said the closure of shops of Nigerians in an African country makes a mess of the Black Lives Matter campaign which has engulfed the world in recent times. He pledge to give palliatives for the displaced Nigerian businessmen and women in the spirit of brotherliness. He called on all well-meaning Nigerians to come to the aid of the affected traders. Read his statement below“I note with sadness the viral videos of Nigerian investors being flogged and thrown out of their shops in Ghana. As an avowed pan-Africanist and a fanatical disciple of former Ghanaian President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, I have become traumatized about the future of Africa. The Osagyefo must be seething with anger and rage in his grave, if he could see how Africans are treating themselves at this time and age.“Just imagine that this is coming at a momentous period when the world is campaigning that BLACK LIVES MATTER, but Nigerians are being kicked around like football by our closest Brothers and friends. And what is the excuse for this act? An incredibly brutal “Law” which stipulates that foreign small-scale traders must invest $1 million in the Ghanaian economy. How many companies in the world started business with such a stupendous amount? If the Europeans and Americans had promulgated such Laws against Nigerians and Ghanaians living abroad, many of us would have accused them of racism and discrimination. What is worse, some of these traders actually have their valid papers and registered long before the coming of this atrocious requirement by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, but the Law enforcers blatantly refused to listen to the cries of these hardworking but hapless traders.“Another excuse is that they claimed Nigeria shut its borders against neighboring countries. While I agree that the decision to shut our borders is regrettable, this has nothing to do with Ghana. No Ghanaian has been asked not to do business in Nigeria. No Ghanaian has been asked to invest any compulsory amount of money before setting up shops in Nigeria. We make immigrants totally welcome here. I once intervened on behalf of a Ghanaian couple when their factory was going to be demolished amongst some illegal structures in Agbara Estate. I had to call the then Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, who exempted the Ghanaians on the compassionate grounds that they were Ghanaian investors in Nigeria.Nigerians and Ghanaians have been too interwoven and inter-marrying for ages, including the current President of Ghana, the great Nana Akufo-Addo who was once an in-law of Nigeria. His cousin, Adelaide Ofori-Atta, was married to Chief Sammy Oluseun Olagbaju, a prominent Nigerian Businessman who died in 2016. Myma Adwowa Belo-Osagie, Princess Abba Folawiyo, Mrs Edith Korantema Koranteng Fajemirokun, are amongst many Ghanaian women married to prominent Nigerian families.My personal love for Ghana, and respect for Ghanaians, has never been in doubt. I have been the Chief Promoter of Ghana to the world in the past 25 years. I once worked closely with The Hon. Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, of blessed memory, Ghana’s Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor. Ovation International magazine was instrumental in showcasing the pristine beauty of Ghana to a global audience at the time. Many Nigerian companies started expanding their operations to Ghana, based on the positive stories we sold to the world, especially Nigeria. Today, Nigerians control huge investments in Banking, Oil & Gas, Telecommunications, Real Estate, Retail, Entertainment, Education, Hospitality, Tourism, Medicals, Aviation, Shipping, Transportation, Textiles, Churches, etc.I’m saddened that all our efforts of those days are about to be wasted by this latest imbroglio.“I have reached out, and obtained the full names and phone contacts of the Nigerian traders mostly affected by this unfortunate and unnecessary incidents. Each of them will receive my humble widow’s mite, with no strings attached and no political motives whatsoever. My motivation is just the fact that we should be our Brother’s keepers at all times.I implore men and women of good conscience to stand up and intervene speedily in this matter. God bless The Federal Republic of Nigeria and The Republic of Ghana.”LIST OF NIGERIAN TRADERS AFFECTED BY THE FORCEFUL CLOSURE OF SHOPS IN ACCRA, GHANA1. CHUKWUEMEKA IHEJIRIKA2 PAUL OKECHUKWU3 JUSTINE IKECHUKWU NWACHUKWU4 BLESSING UGWUOKE5 CHINEDU MBANUGO VALENTINE6 LOVETH CHUKWUEMEKA7 JOHNSON ARINZE8 PAULINK GLOBAL DIGITAL9 GODWIN OGBU FRANCIS10 SAMSON ANAYOANIAWA11 TITUS EZEMA UGWOKE12 TONY IZUCHUKWU ANYAEGBU13 UGOCHUKWU UCHENNA ONUOHA14 CHIKWENDU IKE NDUBUISI15 IBEH KINGSLEY16 DAVID IKECHUKWU MUANYA17 AUGUSTINE EKWOH18 OLIVER OMEKE19 OKAAH OBURUZO20 JONAS UGWOKE UGWUOGO21 OBINNA LUCKY22 EZE VICTOR CHINEDU23 STANLEY UMEALAEKWE24 IGBONAJU DESMOND25 OKEKE NELSON26 UGWOE ERNEST27 ANI EMEKA SOLOMON28 CHUKWUEMEKA T. P ONYEKAONWU29 GOODLUCK MADUABUCHI OKWARA30 OKECHUKWU SAMUEL31 CHRISTOPHER UBANATU32 INNOCENT UDE33 CHINEDU DESMOND NWABURUEBU34 KINGSLEY EJIKE MBADIWE35 OKECHUKWU IFEAKANWA36 BENJAMIN ONAH37 TOCHUKWU JULIUS EZEH38 UGWU ALPHONSUS IFEANYI39 AMAKA VICTORIA40 OHAYI CHIGBOGU PAUL41 TITUS CHINASA42 OLISA ADINDU KINGSLEY43 EZE PAUL TOCHUKWU44 IGWE PAUL IKECHUKWU45 STEVEN OKOYE46 OSMOND OSINACHI OKOYE47 UDOKA NZELU48 UGWU ONYEKA JOE49 UGWUMADU ONYEDIKA CALLISTUS50 CHUKWU VICTOR PAUL51 FAMOUS HANNAH52 KELVIN MAMAH53 EZE SUNDAY54 MARTIN ANAKUDO ARINZE55 VIINE OBI NWODO56 PETER TOCHUKWU57 UGWOKE PATRICK58 EMMANUEL OHEAKESI59 UGONNANYA CANDY EZE60 BENNEDICT REUBEN (TIGO)61 NWAZUOKE CHRISTOPHER CHUKWUDI62 RAYMOND UGWU63 NKOKU NDUBUISI JACOB64 UDENYI LEONARD65 RICHARD DOUGLAS66 JAMES UZAR KINGSLEY67 ONUORAH EBUKA DESTINY68 CHUKS EZE69 SUNDAY JOSEPH70 FRESSY EZE71 KINGSLEY UCHENNA NNAEGBUNA72 UGOCHUKWU RAPHAEL73 AGUDILE CHIZOBA MIRACLE74 PAUL ONYEKACHI UGWUOKE75 IZUNABOR NONSO COLLINS76 ONYEKE UCHENNA WISDOM77 FLORENCE EZI79 TOCHUKWU UBAH80 BRIGHT OHIARA81 OZIOMA ONWUZUGHA82 JOSEPH UGWU83 JOSEPH EZUZOBI84 EMMANUEL IFEANYI85 EJIKE DOMNIC86 CHUPEZ ARINZE87 RICHARD OBIDINMA88 NNADI KINGSLEY EJIOFOR89 OBI AUGUSTINE90 SUNDAY DONATUS91 EMMANUEL ADIBE92 NWOKOCHA GODWIN93 EZE LUCKY94 LAWRENCE AMANDIANEZE ANIEKWE95 ONYEANULA CHINEDU GODWIN96 EZE FRANCIS97 UKWUNGWU LINUS98 COLLINS CHIDIEBERE99 IBEH TOCHUKWU100 ABUGU CLEMENT101 FAVOUR ANITA102 CHINEDU ONYEMACHUKWU103 ALEX EZIOKWU104 AMBROSE OGWUEGBU105 EMEKA POLITE106 BLESSEDUC AVENUE107 NEWLY INTERNATIONAL UCHE CHUKWU OKEZIE108 JOHN NKE109 IHEAGWAM B. IYKE110 NNAJI IZUCHUKWU111 GLORIOUS BLESSED SEA LAND (TONY IGBOMALU)112 FEDELIS OBI113 MIKE EZE114 CHIMA ORIAKU115 OBINNA EKWECHI116 AUGUSTINE UKPABIA117 MONEKE MICHAEL K118 OGOCHUKWU NWANKWO119 EMMANUEL AGBATA120 EMMANUEL IGWE121 NELSON OKECHUKWU122 IKENNA NWAKAOZOR123 NNAEMEKA GODWIN124 CHINEDU MBIONWU125 AKONAM EZEANOLUE126 CHINEDU OKPALAEKE127 CHINEDU UKABIA128 EMEKA UGWUNNWA129 EJIKE EZEDINIRU130 CHUKWU NONSO OKEY131 STANLEY CHIMEZIE UDEH . Dele Momodu reacts to closure of Nigerian-owned shops in Ghana, pledges to provide palliatives to affected traders Follow Linda Ikeji Blog.

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Pregnant Married Woman Arrested For Faking Kidnap, Sharing Ransom With Boyfriend

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested an expectant mother who faked her own kidnap and demanded for N2 million as ransom from her husband.

It was gathered that the woman shared the ransom money with the man suspected to be her boyfriend, and whom she connived with to defraud the husband.

FCT Commissioner of Police Benneth Igweh, who paraded the suspects yesterday, said: “About 19:40hrs on March 11, one Chiedozie Ubah of Saburi II Dei-dei, Abuja, reported at Gwa Gwa Police Division that his pregnant wife, Rosemary Ubah, left for the hospital on same date but did not return home. He later received a call from his wife’s number telling him that she had been kidnapped and demanded for two N2 million ransom before her release.

“He transferred the money into his wife’s account as instructed and later brought his wife to the station after her release. During interrogation, the wife freely confessed to have conspired with one man named Walter Ezeala living on the same street with them at Saburi to extort money from her husband.

“The said Walter was arrested and he confessed that he got N800,000 from the ransom money.

“N793,500) cash, two ATM cards and two android phones were recovered from them.”

In a similar development, Igweh narrated how operatives of the command arrested a man who faked also his own kidnap to test the loyalty of his girlfriend.

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Dollar To Naira Exchange Rate For Today 22 March 2024

Find below, the Dollar to Naira exchange rate for today, 22 March 2024.

Lifestyle Nigeria has obtained the official dollar to the naira exchange rate in Nigeria today, including the Bureau De Change (BDC) rate and CBN rates.

What Is The Official Exchange Rate For Dollar To Naira Today?

The exchange rate between the Naira and the US dollar according to the data released on the FMDQ Security Exchange, the official forex trading portal showed that the Naira opened at ₦1536.83 per $1 on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, and closed at ₦1453.28 per $1 on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

However, the Naira is trading as high as ₦1,400 per Dollar at the black market even though the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced the unification of all segments of the foreign exchange market.

The apex bank, had in a circular on Wednesday 14th June 2023, said all FX windows were now collapsed into the investors & exporters (I&E) window.

The statement read, “Abolishment of segmentation. All segments are now collapsed into the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Applications for medicals, school fees, BTA/PTA, and SMEs would continue to be processed through deposit money banks.

“Re-introduction of the “Willing Buyer, Willing Seller” model at the I&E Window. Operations in this window shall be guided by the extant circular on the establishment of the window, dated 21 April 2017, and referenced FM/DIR/CIR/GEN/08/007. All eligible transactions are permitted to access foreign exchange at this window.

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Abure Ajaero – .

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) Comrade Julius Abure, has warned the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, against utilizing the NLC’s platform, finances, and assets for his aspirations to vie for the presidency in 2027 or the governorship of Imo State.

Abure issued this warning in Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday in response to the closure of the Labour Party’s National Headquarters by protesting NLC members. The protesters were calling for his swift removal as the National Chairman of the party.

He said: “I must state today that the leadership of NLC under Joe Ajaero is on the part of destroying the successes we have recorded in the 2023 general election.

“I had expected that as a responsible trade union centre, a responsible labour leader; number one should have teamed up with Labour Party to see how we can team up together to make the country better.

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Abure continued, “Unfortunately and ironically too, the NLC is the one that is on the part of war against Labour Party. I must state clearly that Ajaero as NLC President has not been able to organise a successful strike action. Not even a single protest or even picketing government establishment in order to bring government to accede to the numerous requests of workers.

“As we speak, there are unfair labour practices meted out to workers by several organisations in the country. I have not seen Joe Ajaero go to such organisations to picket them.”

While stressing that Joe Ajaero is not officially affiliated with the Labour Party, Abure clarified that the party is not under the ownership of the NLC as asserted by the labor union.

He said: “Over the past few years, NLC has been claiming ownership of Labour Party. l must state clearly that NLC is not the owner of Labour Party. The party is not owned by NLC.

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