Politics
SARAKI: Libya slave trade a slap in the face of Nigeria
The Senate on Wednesday, called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to invite the Libyan Ambassador to Nigeria and discuss how to end the ongoing Libyan slave trade which allegedly involves the sale of Africans, some of them of Nigerian descent, as slaves.
In a motion titled: “Urgent Need to Protect Nigerian Citizens from the Libya Slavery Auctions,” which was sponsored by Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai, the Senate called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to use the opportunity of the ongoing European Union and African Union (EU-AU) Summit in Abidjan to table the matter before the Libyan delegation.
In his comments, President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said: “As a country it is a slap in the face if Nigerians can be treated in this manner. Other countries are taking necessary actions to bring back their citizens from that troubled country. We need to be doing similar things. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must immediately summon the Libyan Ambassador here in Nigeria to explain what is happening, so that we can bring an end to this situation.”
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The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, speaking on the Motion, submitted that the Senate must urge Governments at all levels in Africa to take steps to ameliorate the economic hardship that is fueling the migration crises.
Speaking on the motion, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, said: “The time has come as a country to look into this issue. The Nigerian Ambassador to Libya must be invited to explain why this slavery auction has been going on unabated.”
“It is high time that we resorted to citizen diplomacy in Nigeria,” said Senator Dino Melaye, contributing to the motion, “The Nigerian government must not only take the life of every Nigerian seriously, it must also defend its citizens wherever they are in the world.”
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Solomon Afolayan
November 30, 2017 at 10:54 am
Is even more than a slap Mr Senator, but a disgrace to this present administration, it’s very obvious that victims rushed out of this country for a greener pasture as a result of a failing government, that landed in such jeopardy, no just for the old and fresh graduates… Nigeria my country, wake up!
https://www.eaglesnewsmedia.com/2017/11/exclusive-actor-kunle-remi-reacts-on.html?m=1
Balarabe musa
December 1, 2017 at 5:16 am
Stop saying what you don’t know, there are greener pastures here in Nigeria, it’s all about locating it
Solomon Afolayan
December 1, 2017 at 6:31 am
You this man, leave me with opinions which I believe I’m entitled to! If you’ve lost your sense of approach, then pretend as if you didn’t see my comment
yanju omotodun
December 1, 2017 at 4:17 am
I wonder what is going on in Libya, the death of Gaddafi brought all this nonsense.
JOHNSON PETER
December 1, 2017 at 4:51 am
So Libya has gone back to the era of slave trade, na wa o, South Africa did theirs, it is now Libya turn
seyi jelili
December 1, 2017 at 5:11 am
Nigeria government don’t really value the lives of Nigerians ,I trust US government, that same day, all Americans in Libya would have been evacuated from Libya
Raymond Nweke
December 1, 2017 at 6:34 am
Our leaders have serious problem that demands urgent attention if this slavery issue must be curbed… 1. We, our leaders in perticular, must stop focusing attention on less meaningful things; (bringing back the migrants) rather, they should look inward to fix the propellants of their migration in the first place. 2. Find out the entizing elements in that so-called Lybia, that makes it appear greener than our country and replicate same here in Nigeria; to avoid the trend. 3. Our leaders MUST put the interest of the masses at heart, rather than fucossing attention on their personal benefits which has become the bane of our polititians. 4.Last but not the least, invite the Lybian representative (Lybian ambassador to Nigeria), MAKE YOUR STAND KNOWN AS A NATION! let them know and be fully acquainted with the fact that we (Nigerians) can no longer tolerate shits!