There are 195 Nigerians in prisons in Morocco for drug related
crimes, Baba Garba, the Nigerian Ambassador to Morocco, has said.
He spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria. Nigeria and Morocco do not
have a prisoner transfer agreement.
“We have the menace of Nigerians that come from Latin America,
transiting Morocco, that are carriers of drugs.
“We have a number of them in prisons purely for drugs; I send
the figures officially to government, there are 195 of them in
prisons.
“We have a bi-national commission and we are proposing end of
June or the first week of July because of the Ramadan.
“It is at this forum we will talk to our Moroccan counterparts
about a prisoner transfer agreement but at this point we do not
have such agreement.”
The envoy, however, said there were excellent relations both
countries adding that the outcome of the visit of the Moroccan king
to Nigeria in 2016 had boost bilateral relations.
“Since 2017 up on till now, we have not had farmers complain
about shortage of fertiliser in NIgeria; this is one of the
gains.
“We have had many agreements signed with Morocco in different
sectors and we are pursuing them.
“We have have had agreements signed in transport, climate
change, lagoon and river control,” he said.
He also added that an average of 50 students from Nigeria were
being offered scholarships by the Moroccan Government.
“Some students are trained in Qur’anic recitation and trained to
be Imams; here the king is a leader of the faith and every mosque
here is well documented and there are checks and balances.
“If we have such systems imported in our country it will
checkmate certain things,” he said.
He further said no less than 3000 Nigerians live in Morocco.
(NAN)
There are 195 Nigerians in prisons in Morocco for drug related
crimes, Baba Garba, the Nigerian Ambassador to Morocco, has said.
He spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria. Nigeria and Morocco do not
have a prisoner transfer agreement.
“We have the menace of Nigerians that come from Latin America,
transiting Morocco, that are carriers of drugs.
“We have a number of them in prisons purely for drugs; I send
the figures officially to government, there are 195 of them in
prisons.
“We have a bi-national commission and we are proposing end of
June or the first week of July because of the Ramadan.
“It is at this forum we will talk to our Moroccan counterparts
about a prisoner transfer agreement but at this point we do not
have such agreement.”
The envoy, however, said there were excellent relations both
countries adding that the outcome of the visit of the Moroccan king
to Nigeria in 2016 had boost bilateral relations.
“Since 2017 up on till now, we have not had farmers complain
about shortage of fertiliser in NIgeria; this is one of the
gains.
“We have had many agreements signed with Morocco in different
sectors and we are pursuing them.
“We have have had agreements signed in transport, climate
change, lagoon and river control,” he said.
He also added that an average of 50 students from Nigeria were
being offered scholarships by the Moroccan Government.
“Some students are trained in Qur’anic recitation and trained to
be Imams; here the king is a leader of the faith and every mosque
here is well documented and there are checks and balances.
“If we have such systems imported in our country it will
checkmate certain things,” he said.
He further said no less than 3000 Nigerians live in Morocco.
(NAN)
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