Nigeria’s two heads of mission in South Africa have arrived in their home country.
They arrived ahead of their appearance before the National Assembly.
Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner in South Africa, Ambassador Martin Cobham, and the Consul-General in South Africa, Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke, are to brief lawmakers on the welfare of Nigerians in the wake of the xenophobic attacks recorded in KwaZulu Natal and Johannesburg this month.
The Nigerian Union in South Africa says more than 4.6 million Rand, about 84 million Naira, has been lost by Nigerians to the xenophobic attacks, as against 1.2 million Rand (21 million Naira), initially estimated.
According to the union, they had compiled the losses and given the list to Nigeria’s Consul-General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke.
The leader of the union said that the Nigerian victims of the attacks needed urgent assistance to re-settle, as many of them had lost their means of livelihood.
Across South Africa, many town hall meetings and dialogue sessions are ongoing in order to quell the tension.
Also some of those displaced have remained at temporary settlements while others have returned to their homes to beginning the process of reintegration in their host communities.
Some of the victims have also fled to their home countries.
Anti-immigrant protest started on March 20 after an influential Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, spoke out against foreign workers.
