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XENOPHOBIA: Senate harps on decisive actions, to summon Foreign Affairs Ministry

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Senate worried, proposes summit on security in Nigeria

The committee on the Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations of Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to take decisive actions over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

The action it said, should focus on easing the tension of Nigerians at home and relieving the suffering of those in South Africa.

The Senate committee also revealed plans to invite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a bid to seek an end to the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians.

This was contained in a statement the chairman of the committee, Senator Ajibola Basiru, who represents Osun central released on Friday.

He said if the Nigerian and South African governments failed to “take prompt and urgent steps to end the incessant bloodshed” that it could lead to conflagration with dire consequences for the two countries.

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Attacks by the South African mobs and hoodlums on Nigerians and other non-indigenes have witnessed protests and reprisals in some African countries including Nigeria.

But the Senate committee chairman cautioned Nigerians to end reprisal attacks on South African nationals and investments in Nigeria.

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