The Nigerian Union in South Africa says more than 4.6 million Rand, about 84 million Naira, has been lost by Nigerians to xenophobic attacks, as against 1.2 million Rand (21 million Naira), initially estimated.
According to Mr Anyene, the union had compiled the losses and given the list to Nigeria’s Consul-General in South Africa. He said the Nigerian victims of the attacks needed urgent assistance to re-settle, as many of them had lost their means of livelihood.
This is coming just as South Africa is struggling to find a permanent solution to the xenophobia exhibited by its citizens.
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, had said the Nigerian government delegation in South Africa had taken record of loses that Nigerians may had incurred as a result of the xenophobic attacks.
He said the government would do its best to ensure that they would be adequately compensated.
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