Most of us have used the “Ghana Must Go Bag”, But we Never knew There Was a Story Behind The Name.

The “Ghana Must Go” Bag is extremely popular across much of Africa. However, when you come to Ghana. It is known to many as “Landlord Carry Me Go”, which translates as “Effiewura soame” in the Twi language.
The most popular bag in Africa, but most people don’t know the story behind it or how it got its name. But how did this humble bag get the name “Ghana Must Go”?

This Is The Story Behind The “Ghana Must Go” Bag.

Let us take you back in time.
Under the “Ghana Alien Compliance Order” of 1969, promulgated by Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia, 3 million Nigerians and other African and non-African immigrants were asked to leave Ghana because they constituted 20% of Ghana’s population.
In January 1983, Nigerian President Shehu Shagari issued an executive order to deport 2 million undocumented immigrants from West Africa, more than half of whom were from Ghana.
These West African immigrants were attracted to Nigeria by the oil boom of the 1970s, but the economy weakened in the 1983 election year.
Nigerian politicians hope the deportations will be popular across Nigeria, up to 2 million migrants face the threat of arrest, execution and forced deportation if they don’t follow the rules.