NIDCOM STATEMENT ON RENEWED ATTACKS ON SOME NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Abuja,
Oct. 23, 2019: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in
Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has stated that the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of Nigeria and South Africa
.....will ensure
implementation of the Early Warning Signal mechanisms recently signed
between both countries in South Africa, as part of the efforts to curb
xenophobic attacks.
2. Speaking against the backdrop of renewed
xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, she said the Consul General is on top
of the situation.
3. The Consul General, Godwin Adama, is
currently in Widbank, Mpumulanga, where the crisis happened. He is at a
meeting with the highest police authorities there.
4. The mission
intervened immediately and the situation is currently under control.
After this meeting, a meeting with Nigerians along with the South
African Police will hold" She assured.
5. The mission intervened
immediately and the situation is currently under control. After this
meeting, a meeting with Nigerians along with the South African Police
will hold" She assured.
6. It will be recalled that President
Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 3 to 5, led a high powered delegation to
South Africa on a two-day state visit on the xenophobic attacks on
Nigerians.
7. A series of agreements and Memorandum of
Understanding were signed by the two African states to cement the
relationship and nip the hostilities in the bud.
But on Tuesday,
it was reported that South African citizens resumed xenophobic attacks
against Nigerians living in Mpumalamga area of the country.
Signed. Abdur-Rahman Balogun Head of Media Unit NIDCOM.
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