The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to stop attacking South African businesses, saying investors and workers in the companies are Nigerians.
The Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described as disturbing reports that angry Nigerians had started attacking South African companies in Nigeria.
He said targeting South African companies in Nigeria for attack was akin to cutting off ones nose to spite the face because the investors in such companies, especially MTN and Shoprite, are Nigerians.
Mohammed said the majority of the workers in the South African companies operating in Nigeria were also Nigerians, meaning that Nigerian workers would be the hardest hit if the companies were forced to shut down.
He assured Nigerians that the Federal Government was already taking measures to put an end to persistent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
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‘President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a Special Envoy to convey to his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, his concerns and also interact with his South African counterpart on the situation.

”Also, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, acting on the instruction of Mr. President, has summoned the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria to get a brief on the situation; express Nigeria’s displeasure over the treatment of her citizens; and secure assurance of the safety of their lives and property,” the minister said.

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source: https://www.jalabase.com/news/xenophobia-stop-attacking-shoprite-mtn-others-fg-tells-nigerians/

U aint seen nothing yet.

Stop wetin?
South Africans had a field day for giw many years?
What did our government did to remedy the situation?
Medicine after death.

yinkus6750:
Stop wetin?
South Africans had a field day for giw many years?
What did our government did to remedy the situation?
Medicine after death.

Did you bother to read?

Special envoy my foot. Mr. liar Muhammed is Nigerian not creative enough to own outlet like shoprite , a thief like you running government parastatal that would had led the the government to launch communication satellites for digital television support, you will rather go and buy shares from multichoice (DSTV) for your children and grand children thereby sabotaging every effort of Nigeria having communication satellite backbone. TV Africa the SA, television company has used their eutelsat satellite to milk Nigerian for decades due to decisions made by these old cargoes led FGN who are without inspiration and focus. Your generations will know no peace for misappropriating the wealth of this great nation that has become a laughing stock in the committee of nations.

GrabHisBalls:
Did you bother to read?

Him blood dey boil, understand

The govt is right here............we mustn't lose at both ends

Huawei was accused of posing national threats to the US, the US government did not hesitate to close down their business, same way the Chinese closed down Apple outlets in their country. My point is, both companies employ citizens, but the governments didn't care.

Don't you fools get the message that Nigeria and Nigerians are bitterly hated in every other part of the world. Nigerians are not perfect though, but there is a trend of these host countries blaming their woes on Nigerians, even when it has no link to us.

Even Ghanaians also want us out of their country. Same for Zambians.

The chinese companies closed down by the Americans had a lot of Americans working in them.

The Nigerians who have stake in these companies would have to make sacrifices by withdrawing their stake and find another brand or franchise.

This universal disrespect on Nigerians has to stop

We have a leader who shows more respect to cows than its citizens.
Had it been South Africans are killing cows he’ll be calling for a reprisal.

lalasticala fp

WHY?

ok, go and do the needful