*.Nigeria will retaliate, envoy says
A Nigerian consular official warned yesterday that thousands of Indians in Nigeria will be “thrown out on the streets” if the India police doesn’t stop evicting Nigerians from their rented homes in Goa, Ummid has reported. Speaking to IANS after meeting members of the Nigerian community in Goa, bureaucrats and police officials over the last two days, consular attache, Jacob Nwadadia, said the Goa government had until 9 p.m. yesterday to stop the illegal eviction process.
“There are only 50,000 Nigerians living in India, but there are over one million Indians living in Nigeria. Thousands of Indians living there will be thrown out on the streets if forcible eviction of Nigerians in Goa does not stop,” Jacob said.
The official said Nigeria was five hours behind Indian Standard Time and that there would be time for the Nigerian government to order action against Indians living there. The Goa government said yesterday it will write to the Nigerian embassy after a number of Nigerians living in Goa were found to be using only photocopies of passports and visas as proof of their nationality, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said. Mr Parrikar was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a government function at the secretariat. “We have questioned a lot of Nigerians and were verifying their documents. Most of them have only photocopies of their passports and visas.
We are going to ask the Nigerian embassy to verify these documents,” Mr Parrikar said. This is part of a verification drive started by the Goa government which will inspect documents of all foreign nationals living in the state.
The drive was announced after Nigerian nationals blocked a National Highway Thursday for hours protesting the murder of a Nigerian by a local drug gang. Both MPs from the state, as well as many people have been calling for a boycott of Nigerians living in Goa even as many liberals have called these statements ‘racist’ in nature.
The Goa government has ordered a crackdown on all foreigners living in this tourism hub after a bitter clash between a mob of over 200 Nigerians on one side and police and locals on the other.
The Nigerians, who were protesting the murder of one of their compatriots, had blocked National Highway 17 for several hours, demanding the presence of Nigerian consular officials for the autopsy proceedings.
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A Nigerian consular official warned yesterday that thousands of Indians in Nigeria will be “thrown out on the streets” if the India police doesn’t stop evicting Nigerians from their rented homes in Goa, Ummid has reported. Speaking to IANS after meeting members of the Nigerian community in Goa, bureaucrats and police officials over the last two days, consular attache, Jacob Nwadadia, said the Goa government had until 9 p.m. yesterday to stop the illegal eviction process.
“There are only 50,000 Nigerians living in India, but there are over one million Indians living in Nigeria. Thousands of Indians living there will be thrown out on the streets if forcible eviction of Nigerians in Goa does not stop,” Jacob said.
The official said Nigeria was five hours behind Indian Standard Time and that there would be time for the Nigerian government to order action against Indians living there. The Goa government said yesterday it will write to the Nigerian embassy after a number of Nigerians living in Goa were found to be using only photocopies of passports and visas as proof of their nationality, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said. Mr Parrikar was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a government function at the secretariat. “We have questioned a lot of Nigerians and were verifying their documents. Most of them have only photocopies of their passports and visas.
We are going to ask the Nigerian embassy to verify these documents,” Mr Parrikar said. This is part of a verification drive started by the Goa government which will inspect documents of all foreign nationals living in the state.
The drive was announced after Nigerian nationals blocked a National Highway Thursday for hours protesting the murder of a Nigerian by a local drug gang. Both MPs from the state, as well as many people have been calling for a boycott of Nigerians living in Goa even as many liberals have called these statements ‘racist’ in nature.
The Goa government has ordered a crackdown on all foreigners living in this tourism hub after a bitter clash between a mob of over 200 Nigerians on one side and police and locals on the other.
The Nigerians, who were protesting the murder of one of their compatriots, had blocked National Highway 17 for several hours, demanding the presence of Nigerian consular officials for the autopsy proceedings.
http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/indian-government-evicts-nigerians-over-photocopy-passports/
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