“It is just those two key issues, the compensation payment and what security mechanism be put in place to make sure that these kinds of attacks do not recur.” Nigeria
The Nigerian government Tuesday said the special envoys sent to South Africa by President Muhammadu Buhari will among others demand a compensation payment for Nigerians who have suffered loss in the latest waves of attacks on businesses owned by foreigners.Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, Geoffery Onyeama, speaking to journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said Nigeria had made two major demands from the South African government.
The businesses of many Nigerians and other immigrants in South Africa have been destroyed, looted or burnt in the past few days. The ongoing spate of violence in South Africa has seen the destruction of more than 50 mainly foreign-owned shops and business premises.“Xenophobia is just an excuse that is being used by people to commit criminal acts,” he told reporters on Monday afternoon. “It is not xenophobia, but pure criminality.”
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