The house of representatives may
reconvene for one day to address the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South
Africa.
Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker,
said this on his Twitter handle on Tuesday.
He said he was cutting short his
trip to Tanzania to meet with the leadership of the house to consider
reconvening for one day over the recent killing of citizens in South Africa.
The lower legislative chamber
embarked on a recess in July, and it is expected to resume later this month.
Will be cutting short my trip to Tanzania for the 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference @CPA_Secretariat and will be leaving today, for the leadership of the @HouseNGR to consider cutting short the recess and reconvening for one day to address the killings of Nigerians in SA
— Femi Gbajabiamila (@femigbaja) September 3, 2019
Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of
foreign affairs, had described the attacks as ”sickening”.
The federal government summoned
Bobby Moroe, South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria over the latest
attacks.
On Sunday, South Africans entered
the streets, raiding Nigerian shops and targeting foreign nationals for
attacks.
This happened a few days after
President Muhammadu Buhari met with Cyril Ramaphosa, South African president,
who assured the Nigerian president of ending the menace.
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