After returning to Nigeria with a goalless match in Kumasi, Super Eagles are fully concentrating on Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 with Ghana’s Black Stars, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

In a statement released by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on Monday, all civil servants are urged to watch the match and support the Super Eagles.

The statement called on the Permanent Secretaries of offices to close offices from 1pm.

Read the full statement below:

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Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo, has vowed to walk barefoot from his nation’s capital, Accra to Lagos if the Super Eagles of Nigeria beat the Black Stars of Ghana today, Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

The Super Eagles and Black Stars are set to play at the Baba Yara Stadium the first leg of their World Cup qualifiers.

Dumelo on his Instagram page wrote: “There’s no way Nigeria will win today’s match. If they do, I, John Setor Dumelo, will walk barefoot from Accra to Lagos tomorrow morning with my ginger on my head. Super Eagles my foot.”

Let them know!!! pic.twitter.com/H9FyKjAfxd

— MrDumelo (@johndumelo) March 25, 2022

The second leg will be played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday.

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Rashid Bawa spoke on the allegation when he visited Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM in Abuja.

Rashid Bawa pointed out that while the COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test is mandatory, Ghana will not maliciously produce COVID-19 positive test results for visitors, especially Nigerians visiting Ghana.

The Ghanaian envoy also expressed concern about the increasing number of underaged Nigerian girls being trafficked to Ghana, stressing that everything should be done to prosecute the syndicate behind such a dastardly act.

The High Commissioner acknowledged that both countries in recent times have experienced some challenges, despite the long bilateral relationship between them.

One of such is the growing tension concerning Nigerian Traders in Ghana, which according to the Ghanaian High Commissioner, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been reached between the Ministers of Trade in Ghana and Nigeria. Also, a Joint Task Force was set up to further monitor the situation.

Furthermore, Mr Bawa stated that both countries will stop at nothing to fish out perpetrators of cybercrimes and syndicates trafficking Nigerian female minors from Nigeria to Ghana, for prostitution.

He commended the work of Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa for her due diligence in projecting Nigerian Diasporas as an important factor towards development in Nigeria and hopes that a similar Commission will be replicated in his home country.

Receiving the Ambassador, the NiDCOM Chairman agreed with His Excellency that though the COVID-19 Test is a necessary prerequisite for visitors coming to Ghana, the Ghanaian authorities, on the other hand, must ensure that visitors are treated with dignity, fairly and humanely.

On cybercrimes and trafficking, the NiDCOM CEO said that sister agencies such as the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will partner with the Ghanaian Authorities to rid off the few fraudulent Nigerians who are giving Nigerians in Ghana a bad name and causing
problems in the host country., while acknowledging the numerous Nigerians in Ghana going about their duties with diligence.

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Ghanaians have been granted hassle-free travel to UAE, as a Visa Waiver Agreement for diplomatic, service/special, and ordinary passport holders have been approved by the parliament.

The two nations’ approval of the deal on August 5, 2021, followed the adoption of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ghana and the UAE.

On November 18, 2019, the agreement was executed with the object of waiving the visa requirements for these passport holders in Ghana and the UAE, Daily Dates Nigeria.

The agreement, therefore, allows Ghanaians to stay in UAE for a period not exceeding 90 days.

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway had presented the MoU to the House on May 26, 2021.

The MoU was afterward referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration and report in accordance with Order 140(4) and 183 of the Standing Orders of Parliament.

During a presentation of their report, Chairman of the Committee, Bryan Acheampong indicated that the existing cooperation between the two countries gave rise to taking the bilateral relationship to another level.

Acheampong stated that the agreement constitutes a comprehensive framework on visa regimes for both countries, adding that it does not impose obligations on the two parties to admit people who are considered to be of questionable character into their territories.

He noted that the MoU did not impose any financial obligation on the two countries nor provided direct financial gains from its implementation.

According to him, the visa waiver arrangements to facilitate the movement of diplomats and government officials are common, noting that this one makes ordinary passport holders beneficiaries.

According to Henley and Partners’ current world’s passport ranking, Nigeria ranks 101 with 46 access countries, while Ghana ranks 84 with 64 access countries.

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Jerry Rawlings reportedly died from COVID-19 complications at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning.

Rawlings was born on June 22, 1947.

A military ruler, who later joined politics, he ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001.

Rawlings initially came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d’état in 1979.

Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on May 15, 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place.

After initially handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on December 31, 1981, as the Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).

In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and became the first President of the Fourth Republic.

He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years.

After two terms in office, the limit according to the Ghanaian Constitution, Rawlings endorsed his vice-president John Atta Mills as presidential candidate in 2000. He served as the African Union envoy to Somalia.

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