Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, H.E Boniface Gambila has cautioned the youth against falling for sumptuous relocation deals in their search for greener pastures.
He said over the past few months, in a rather worrying development, a lot of Ghanaian individuals have been lured to Burkina Faso under the guise of being transported through South Africa and then to the United Kingdom, Dubai, Kuwait and other countries in Europe to seek well-paying jobs.
H.E Gambila said these individuals are made to pay between Ghc5,000 and Ghc15,000 for these relocation deals. The victims are lured to Burkina Faso, wined and dined in fine restaurants under duress with their pictures taken to give an allure of a pleasurable life.
These pictures are then used to dupe other relatives, close family members and friends.
Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso said this when he spoke on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show today, Monday, June 27, 2022.
“Let me talk to our youth who want to seek greener pastures through Burkina Faso. We have repatriated a lot of Ghanaians to the Bolgatanga police. They are lured, they pay money. They are told that there is this QNet business in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. They [QNet operatives] say they can find a team for you if you are a footballer. They say if you want to work in UK, if you want to work in Dubai they have avenues for you to go through Burkina Faso to South Africa and then to UK or so.”
“People have been coming. They pay as much as Ghc15,000,” he said.
According to Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, the cycle becomes an endless one as the victims are forced to use their staged photos to lure other unsuspecting friends and family.
H.E Gambila explained that it was a matter of happenstance where some individuals managed to escape the clutches of these QNet operatives. Reports were then made to Ghana’s Embassy in Burkina Faso where some victims were rescued.
“We were lucky. Some managed to escape and that is how we got wind [of what was happening]. We connected with the security and got them rescued.”
“Our young people need to know that it is just deceit, it does not work,” he said.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
