"Nigerians have compiled the cost of the damage to their property and it is totalling about 1.2 million Rand or N21 million, which will be sent to the Federal Government for further action. 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. 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
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Monday, 20 April 2015
Xenophobia: Nigerians lost N21m in burnt cars, looted & burnt shops, - envoy
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the Nigerian
Consul-General in South Africa,
Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, said Nigerians residing in South Africa have lost
more than N21m
Rand (1.2m) in looted
shops, burnt shops, two burnt mechanic workshops, 11 burnt cars and two
stolen cars, among others since the xenophobic attacks in some parts of
South Africa started. She said the damages are enormous. What she said
after the cut...
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