The lawmakers also seek to ascertain the extent of violation of rights of Nigerians in China.
has begun investigation into the immigration documents of Chinese immigrants living in Nigeria.
He said it also showed xenophobic assaults, embarrassments, illegal detentions and forceful evictions of Nigerians and other Africans living in Guangzhou, China. “Apart from urging the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to provide financial and other assistances to affected Nigerian citizens in China, the house took a two-pronged approach by constituting two joint committees to undertake two specific assignments towards remedying the ugly situation,” he said.
Mr Gbajabimila said that the house also mandated committees to investigate the Nigeria Immigration Service Corporate Affairs Commission , Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, and any other relevant ministry, department or agency to check the validity of all immigration documents of every Chinese person in Nigeria.According to him, the committee is to look into the expatriate quota of all the Chinese immigrants in Nigeria, and to repatriate them to China to regularise.
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