Goa’s art and culture minister Dayanand
Mandrekar has apologized for his description of Nigerians as a “cancer”.
“It’s my mistake to make such statement. I apologize,”
Mandrekar told reporters here. However, the minister said what Nigerians did in
Goa is also wrong.
After last week’s murder of a Nigerian in Mapusa, a group
of 200 Nigerians had blocked a major high way in the state and clashed with the
police and locals.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar then ordered the police and officials to identify Nigerians who are illegal residents of the state and said they must be deported.
“I never imagined that there would be such a problem due to my statement,” Mandrekar said.
Talking to reporters on Sunday, the minister had called
Nigerians a “cancer” and their actions as detrimental to the tourism industry.
Source: timesofindia.com
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