The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye
The Federal Government has called on South Africa to take urgent and concrete measures to end xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against African nationals in the country.
The government also urged stronger migration governance, responsible political leadership and deeper people-to-people relations across the continent to prevent further violence against migrants.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, made the call on Tuesday at a virtual roundtable on “South Africa’s Xenophobia in Comparative Perspective,” convened by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.
According to a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser, Digital Media and Public Diplomacy, Raphael Oni, the minister stressed that Nigeria viewed the situation as a challenge that must be addressed without denial or exaggeration, arguing that the term Afrophobia more accurately captured the nature of the attacks.
