Nigerian
Consul-General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, said on Sunday that
Nigerians lost more than N21m Rand (1.2m) in the on-going xenophobic attacks in
South Africa.
Ajulu-Okeke
told the News Agency of Nigeria by phone from Johannesburg, South
Africa, that the loss included looted shops, burnt shops, two burnt mechanic
workshops, 11 burnt cars and two stolen cars, among others.
“Nigerians
have compiled the cost of the damage to their property and it is totalling
about 1.2m Rand or N21m, which will be sent to the Federal Government for
further action,” the ambassador said.
She
said that two of the three Nigerians who were wounded during the attacks in
Durban had been treated and discharged from the hospital.
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The
consul-general said that she would go back to Durban to assess the situation on
ground and meet with the provincial authority on the security of Nigerians in
that province.
She
said, “The Nigerian mission in South Africa is on top of the situation. We are
working hard to protect Nigerians in South Africa.
“Though
the task has not been easy but we are trying our best. In one of the hot spots
at Jeppe, near Johannesburg, the mission assisted about 50 stranded Nigerians
to re-settle.
“I
have also visited the site of the attacks in Johannesburg to assess the damage
and it was enormous.”
She
said the Nigerian mission would meet with the Nigerian union chapters in the
nine provinces of South Africa to devise means of checking further attacks.
“I
am bringing all Nigerians together so that we work out a vigilance and alert
mechanism; they will also tell me what their challenges and issues are,’’ she
said.
Okeke
said the mission and the Nigerian Union had been working together to meet the
challenges caused by the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians.
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