Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of
Lagos state, says more than 5,000 people are currently out of jobs following
protest after the xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
Some of the protesters had broken
into business outlets owned by South Africans, including Shoprite.
Sanwo-Olu, who visited some of
the affected shopping malls in Ajah and Surulere areas of the state, lamented
the consequence of the acion.
“These are jobs where Nigerians
are the ones that have been affected. So, we need to be able to take the
lessons out of this, be stronger together and be able to take corrective
measures to ensure that things like these should certainly not repeat itself in
our community,” he said.
“We have seen the amount of
enormous destruction in both plazas and the first thing is to condemn in strong
terms whatever could have led to this. It is an extensive destruction of
people’s property.
“In both malls, over 5,000 people
are out of jobs. These are jobs where Nigerians are the ones that have been
affected.
“As a government, we have come
out to condemn this and to assure business community that ease of doing
business is paramount to us and security of lives and property is part of the
to-do list for us.
“We are charging our security
operatives to stop at nothing to ensure that they keep all of these facilities
safe and secure.”
The governor asked business
owners to build positive engagements with their communities so as to be acceptable
by the people.
He also added that Lagosians in
turn should see such organisations as part of them and equally own and protect
them against attacks.
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