I have always wondered about the history of the bag Ghana-must-Go, Sometimes I fear that as Nigeria’s economy is going through what Ghana must have gone through in those years, there will be a tendency to send Nigerians parking from their country if they do not behave themselves in other countries. The Exodus wont be only of 1 million people because the number of Nigerians in diaspora is more than a small country’s population.
Whatever happened to that strong solid Ghana-must-go bag that we used to have is exactly what has happened to Nigeria as a whole – very poor quality.
Thanks Teslim for this post.
Jerry J Rawlings at Tema Harbour | Abiyamo
Growing up in Nigeria, Ghana and other neighboring countries, you must have heard of the popular term “Ghana Must Go“. Yes! It is the name of a common big bag used to store things or pack loads when traveling. But have you ever wondered why this bag, called “Chinatown tote” in USA and “Tuekenkoffer” in Germany, is called “Ghana Must Go” in Nigeria and Ghana? Well, someone did not just sit and coin the name for the bag, a real life incident that happened in Nigeria back in 1983 christened the bag “Ghana Must Go”.
In 1983, during the democratic regime of President Sheu Shagari, the federal government of Nigeria ordered a mass deportation of illegal immigrants living in Nigeria due to the atrocities most of them were reportedly perpetrating in the country. More than…
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