Nigerians’ issue should be taken up on case-to-case basis: RS member

“The issues related to Nigerians should be taken up on case-to-case basis. We can’t label everyone a criminal,” Naik said amid raging controversy on the issue.

“I feel that those foreigners, including Nigerians, who are over-staying or staying with extended visa should be deported. That is the only solution,” he said. 

The MP added that action should be taken against drug traffickers. Referring to a case, wherein a group of Nigerians had blocked the National Highway at Porvorim in Goa in 2013, Naik said, “I am shocked that till date no charge-sheet is filed in the violence that Nigerians created.” He said overall India has very good relations with African countries and would like to maintain it. 

Seeking to play down the recent row over his remarks that people of Goa in general are unhappy with Nigerians, CM Laxmikant Parsekar had on Wednesday said all foreigners, including Nigerians, are welcome to the state. 

On May 30, Parsekar had sparked a controversy by saying in Panaji that “in general, people are angry with Nigerians and not other foreigners. I feel they (Nigerians) have a different attitude”.