Former Goa CM Ravi S Naik now wants a 'ban' on Nigerians

In what may trigger a fresh controversy, former Goa chief minister Ravi S Naik today demanded that the Centre ban Nigerians from entering India, while alleging that they indulge in illegal activities.

"The Nigerians come here in Delhi, in Bengaluru and do 'dadagiri' in the entire country. The Nigerians should be asked to leave from India, we don't want Nigerian tourists. The Government of India should ban Nigerians from entering India," said Naik.

He further stated that if Nigerians come to India to study, the state government and the police should keep a strict watch on them.

"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 added.

Referring to the Nigerians with the racist 'n***o', the senior Congress leader also said that the 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 stringent 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 later, Parsekar on 30 May said 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 Africans as 'N****s', an error for which then chief minister Manohar Parrikar had to tender an apology after an outcry.

-ANI