The government of South Africa yesterday ruled out compensation for 125 Nigerians deported about two weeks ago over allegation of carrying fake yellow card.
Its Minister for Correctional Services Mrs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said her country had apologised and that should be enough.
Mrs Mapisa-Nqakula spoke at the State House, Abuja. She was head of President Jacob Zuma’s Special Envoy.
Mrs. Mapisa-Nqakula said: ”The issue of compensation is out of the question. We don’t understand why South Africa will have to compensate. We believe that it is enough that we have come out and apologised, it is enough that we have demonstrated our goodwill to the government of Nigeria, it is enough that the President has sent a special Envoy to reiterate his commitment to the bi-national with Nigeria and to improve working relationship with Nigeria”.
She also denied government involvement in the deportation, insisting that it was not a cabinet decision.
She added that Xenophobia is not the policy of government in South Africa and there was no deliberate attack on the integrity of the people of Nigeria.
Mrs. Mapisa-Nqakula said: “On behalf of the people of South Africa, on behalf of our Government and on behalf of our President, it is important to reassure the people of Nigeria that there was no decision of Cabinet to deport big numbers of people from Nigeria. There was no deliberate and Xenophobia is not the policy of government in South Africa and there was no deliberate attack on the integrity of Nigerians.
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who the hell do the south africans think they are, you waste these people's time, all the money they spent procuring visas and flight fares and then come out openly to say "your apologies should be enough" what RUBBISH!
ReplyDeleteIn a civil society, when your actions cause damage, you should repair it in a way that satisfies the offended. If the govt. was not behind the deportation, those who were should compensate the victims.
ReplyDeleteI AM PRESENTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND LIVES IN DURBAN, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DRAW NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT IF THIS STUPID PEOPLE WHO CALL THEM SELF SOUTH AFRICAN ARE NOT READY TO COMPENSATE THE VICTIM, THEN WE MUST JUST STILL KEEP DEPORTING THEM...... THIS PEOPLE REALLY HATE US DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HELP THEM A LOT.... GENERALLY THEY HATE FOREIGNERS,AND THEY HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF THIS HATRED ON NIGERIAN NATIONALITY... WE MUST MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE COMING TO THERE COUNTRY IS NOT COS WE CANT STAY BACK HOME BUT EVERY ONE SEEK A GREENER PASTURE, IMAGINE A SOUTH AFRICAN METRO POLICE SAYING TO A NIGERIAN ( YOUR MOTHERS PUSS) WHICH FOR NO REASON THEY WOULD NEVER SAY THAT TO SOUTH AFRICAN STREET KIDS..... PLEASE AND PLEASE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT WE ACCEPTED THAT WE ARE THE ONE WHO HAVE PUT OUR SELF FOR THIS MESS BUT LET TRY AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND WE ARE MORE THAT THEY TAKE US FOR..... IMAGINE IS PEOPLE RESPECT CONGOLESE THAN THEY DO TO NIGERIANS..... THE MAIN THING THAT WOULD PLEASE BOTH NIGERIANS DEPORTED AND WE THAT ARE PRESENTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA IS TO HEAR THAT THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AS BUDGET TO GIVE THE 125 DEPORTEES BACK THERE FLIGHT TICKET AND ALL OTHER LOSS WOULD BE BARED BY THE DEPORTEES, ANYTHING BELOW THIS SHOULD NOT BE WELCOME, THERE ARE LOT OF NIGERIANS IN NIDELA PRISON THEY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR ONE IMMIGRATION ISSUES OR THE OTHER FOR THE PAST 1YEAR TELL THERE GOVERNMENT TO FREE THIS PEOPLE TO CAN EVEN GO TO THE HOME AFFAIR HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA YOU WOULD BE ARRESTED ALL COS YOU ARE A NIGERIAN PASSPORT HOLDER Y SHOULD THIS BE DONE TO US PLEASE OUR GOVERNMENT TRY AND BRING US BACK OUR LOST HONOR AND INTEGRITY. AND PLEASE TRY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO MAKE NIGERIA ALSO A PLEASE TO BE... JUST FORGET ANOTHER THINGS AND SORT OUT ELECTRICITY AND SEE THE NUMBERS OF NIGERIA THAT WOULD RETURN BACK HOME....
ReplyDeleteLASTLY : PLS NIG IMMIGRATION PLS ANY SOUTH AFRICAN THAT IS IN NIGERIA WITH OUT A VALID PERMIT MUST NOT BE DEPORTED, BUT MUST BE DETAINED IN KIRIKIRI PRISON FOR AT LEAST 8MONTHS BEFORE DEPORTATION.... I BEG....
GOD HELP NIGERIA... GOD BLESS NIGERIA.
THANKS