The Federal Government has warned that it may review some of the privileges enjoyed by South African businesses and nationals in Nigeria following the latest wave of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians living in the country.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this after briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
According to the minister, Abuja is dissatisfied with what it described as the weak response of South African authorities to the repeated attacks on Nigerians and other African migrants.
She said reports from South Africa showed that Nigerians were being harassed, while their homes and businesses were coming under attack.
“Our citizens are being harassed. Our citizens’ properties are being looted. Criminal actions are being perpetrated, and the police refuse to do anything. The South African government has not come out strongly and firmly enough to condemn these incidents.”
Odumegwu-Ojukwu also dismissed claims that
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