FG issues claims forms to Nigerians affected by South Africa attacks

Minister of State for Fori Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye (first on the left) Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode (last on the right) and other officials who received the South African delegates on Monday in Abuja. Photo: Deborah Musa

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it is in the process of issuing forms to Nigerians who lost property during the recent wave of attacks in South Africa to formally document their losses.

It said this is part of preparations to table compensation claims in ongoing diplomatic negotiations with the South African Government.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, disclosed this after briefing President Bola Tinubu on Monday’s meeting with South Africa’s Foreign Minister Roland Lamola, who visited Abuja as a special envoy of President Cyril Ramaphosa in response to the diplomatic crisis triggered by the attacks on Nigerian nationals.

Enikanolaiye said, “In preparation for us lodging our claims, we have designed a form to be filled by all Nigerians who may have lost property in South Africa.