Vanguard reported that the Nigerian Union in South Africa said on Saturday that Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand (N84 million) to xenophobic attacks .
The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr
Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the
losses were initially put at 1.2 million Rand ( N21
million).
‘’ The Nigerian Union in South Africa has completed
documentation of the losses suffered by Nigerians to
xenophobic attacks.
‘’ Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand or N84
million during the attacks.
’ A mechanic workshop owned by a Nigerian in Jeppes,
near Johannesburg, for example was completely burnt
with 11 cars inside it.
“ The loss is put at more than one million Rand or N20
million,’’ he said.
Anyene said the Union had compiled the losses and
given the list to Nigeria’s Consul-General to South Africa.
He said Nigerian victims of the attacks needed urgent
assistance to re-settle because many had lost their
means of livelihood.
‘’ The Consul-General has travelled to Nigeria and we
appeal to the Federal Government to do something
urgent to assist Nigerians affected by the attacks.
‘’ We have made representations to the Federal
government .
“ We are also hoping that working with the South African
government, there will be a way to compensate the
affected Nigerians so as to enable them go back to their
normal lives.
‘’ The tension is less now. The South African
government has come out in full force to check the
attacks,’’ he said.
Anyene said the losses suffered by Nigerians were in the
form of vandalised mechanic workshops, burnt
mechanic workshops, looted shops as well as stolen and
burnt
cars.
‘’ More than 50 Nigerians were displaced during the
attacks. The Union has assisted them to return home.
‘’ The Union is also planning to assist a family to move
to a new accommodation because the present home is
not safe,’’ he said.
He said the Union carried out a proper documentation of
the attacks, with pictures and other relevant documents
stored to capture the incidents. (NAN)




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