Xenophobic Attacks: Rep Members call for evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa within 24 hours

Xenophobic Attacks: Rep Members call for evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa within 24 hours

 
House of Representatives Chairperson for Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, has called for the evacuation of Nigerians within 24 hours from South Africa owing to ongoing attacks on non-indigenes.

She said the call was necessary because of increasing attacks on Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike in South Africa.
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“The Federal Government of Nigeria should rise up to the occasion by having contingency plans to evacuate Nigerians within 24 hours to avoid us losing our citizens to these attacks.
“It is expedient to think of where all Nigerians can gather within 24 hours for safety either in our embassy or mission for the safety of our citizens,” she said.

The lawmaker suggested that a concrete arrangement with some airlines should be made to evacuate Nigerians back home. She also urged the National Emergency Management Agency to equally mobilise to take care of the returnees.

Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje

Ukeje noted with concern that the xenophobia was degenerating to Afrophobia as many black Africans, including Nigerians, were being attacked from Johannesburg to Durban.

She advised the Nigerian government against delay till some of her citizens are killed in the latest attacks before implementing its citizen diplomacy policy.

“Unfortunately, there is no serious condemnation from South Africa government on this attacks, hence the need for Nigerian government to be proactive and rescue her citizens as soon as possible,” she said.

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Ukeje said her committee was in close contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see what could be done to protect Nigerians in South Africa, while the House is to engage relevant stakeholders on the matter.

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, also told NAN on the telephone that a motion on the issue would be tabled during the plenary session of the House.

Dabiri-Erewa (APC-Lagos) condemned the attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa, saying it was disgusting for South Africans to be treating Nigerians like that despite Nigeria’s role during the apartheid struggle.

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