L-R: South African Political Counsellor, Ms Pat Sebidi; Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola; Special Adviser to South African President, Dr Khulu Mbatha; South African Special Envoy, Mr Jeff Rade
be; President Muhammadu Buhari; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama; Chief of Staff, Mr Abba Kyari; acting High Commissioner of South Africa to Nigeria, Mr Bobby Moroe; and Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Mr Kabiru Bala, during the visit of the South African Special Envoy to the President in Abuja...on Monday.
“The incidents do not represent what we stand for as a constitutional democracy in South Africa and the President has apologised for these incidents. He noted that leaders on the African continent must use the crisis as an opportunity to “make sure that the scourge of unemployment, poverty and inequality in Africa is attended to by our leaders.”
“We should wait until October 3 to see how that unfolds. But, I can indicate that as a lawyer, the South African laws require that all registered companies must have public insurance in terms of things of this nature.”Speaking on why it took South Africa long time to address xenophobia, he said, “These incidents have been happening from time to time. As you know, we are still emerging from the system of apartheid, where according to statistics, the last unemployment rate was around 29 per cent.
The Presidency, in a statement, said Buhari at the meeting, recalled Nigeria’s sacrifices in securing democratic rule in South Africa. Obasanjo, in a letter to the President of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, which was made available to newsmen by his Special Assistant Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, explained that repatriation was palliative and could not erase the pain in the heart of the returnees.“Neither is revenge a desirable solution.
He added, “I dare say, for any African country to encourage or allow or not seriously sanction xenophobia against Africans in their country, it is a great disservice not only to the country where xenophobia takes place and the countries of the victims concerned, but also a great disservice to the whole of Africa and black race.”
Ogunjobi, who is the current Pro-Chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State, stated this in Abuja on Monday during an interview with our correspondents shortly after he received the prestigious award of the Fellow of the Nigerian Economic Society.
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