Xenophobia: Jim Ovia withdraws from World Economic Forum
Nigerian billionaire, Jim Ovia, has announced he his pulling out from the ongoing World Economic Forum holding in South Africa amidst increasing backlash over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in Johannesburg.
Mr Ovia and a former minister, Oby Ezekwesili, came under severe censure for participating in the conference amidst calls for boycott over the xenophobic attacks. The statement said Mr Ovia had, at the conference, stressed the need for youth empowerment and better government policies to curb continual attacks on persons living within and outside Africa.
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