The former Goa chief minister, Ravi S Naik, has demanded that Nigerian tourists be banned from entering Goa and those in the country be deported. He also said that if Nigerians come into the country to study, they should be studied to ensure that they do not engage in illegal activities.
This report has triggered the anger of Nigerians both home and abroad, as the Minister addressed Nigerians as 'Negroes' and some are now demanding that the same should be done to the Indians in Nigeria.
Ravi said, "The Nigerians come here in Delhi, in Bengaluru and do 'dadagiri' in the entire country. The Nigerians should be asked to leave India, we don't want Nigerian tourists. The Government of India should ban Nigerians from entering India,"
"If they have come to study here, a watch should be kept on them to see whether they really study and go to colleges. They don't study, rather they indulge in illegal activities," he further added.
Ravi also said that Nigerians have been causing 'problems' in Goa as well other metropolitan cities.
The Congress leader's remark comes just days after Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar sought strict laws to deport Nigerians and Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that the people of the state are specifically not happy with them.
Parulekar had said that the Nigerians create problems in Goa and sell drugs while just days after Parsekar said on the 30th of May that Goans were not happy with the attitude and lifestyle of the Nigerians living in the coastal state.
The Goa Home Ministry had in 2014 during the monsoon session of the assembly referred to the Africans as 'Negroes', an error for which then chief minister Manohar Parrikar had to tender an apology after an outcry.
Source: www.deccanchronicle.com
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