The federal government has concluded arrangements to send a very distinguish delegation to South Africa to have talks over the recent attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals.
A statement issued by Parliament said: "The Nigerian Parliament has proposed the visit for the two sister legislative institutions to discuss matters of mutual interest and to strengthen existing diplomatic relations between the two countries, particularly in the context of recent tensions between certain members of some communities and some foreign nationals."
The discussions will be led by Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lechesa Tsenoli and his Nigerian counterpart, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, the statement said.
A Punch report said: "Over 100 Nigerians have...been killed in South Africa in the last two years. There were instances where the police clobbered defenceless Nigerians to death on suspicion of being involved in criminality."
Nigeria lawmakers reportedly accused the Nigerian government of not "doing enough" to protect Nigerians in the southern African country.
Credit: News24
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