Nigeria-South Africa Chamber calls for calm over xenophobic unrest

The Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce, NSACC, has called for calm, dialog and strengthened bilateral practice amid caller xenophobic unrest successful South Africa.

The Chairman of NSACC, Dr Ije Jidenma, made the telephone successful a connection on Tuesday in Lagos.

The Federal Government has taken steps, including diplomatic engagements, investigations, legislative actions and voluntary evacuations to code the situation.

Jidenma expressed heavy interest implicit the unrest successful parts of South Africa, noting that the concern affected communities, businesses and livelihoods.

According to her, the enclosure is peculiarly acrophobic astir the interaction connected Nigerians and different African nationals surviving successful South Africa, arsenic good arsenic the adverse effect connected South African businesses and the broader concern climate.

She added that “as an organisation committed to fostering beardown economical and taste ties betwixt Nigeria and South Africa, we emphasise that moments similar this telephone for restraint and constructive engagements.

“Both nations stock long-standing relationships built connected communal respect, cooperation, commercialized and a shared imaginativeness for African prosperity.

“These values indispensable stay astatine the forefront during periods of hostility specified arsenic this.”

Jidenma urged governments, assemblage leaders, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs and citizens to prioritise peaceful dialog and uphold th...