Xenophobia attacks: Nigeria won’t invoke economic retaliation against South Africa – Akpabio.

Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, has said that Nigeria volition not invoke economical retaliation against South contempt the persistent xenophobic attacks against her citizens.

Rather, helium said that diplomatic engagement successful resolving the situation would beryllium the champion options successful the champion involvement of the 2 countries.

Specifically, the Senate President noted that economical retaliation against businesses would not beryllium the preferred people of action.

Akpabio made this known portion responding to the connection by Senator Adams Oshiomhole that revocation of operational licenses of South African companies specified arsenic MTN and DSTV successful Nigeria should beryllium invoked against South Africa successful retaliation to the xenophobic attacks.

Oshiomhole’s connection was declined connected procedural grounds.

Akpabio asserted that the Senate views the reported attacks arsenic superior and volition code the substance with the urgency it deserves.

However, the Senate has yet resolved to represent a associated advertisement hoc committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to code the rising cases of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians successful South Africa.

The committee, to beryllium led by the Chairman of the National Assembly, volition undertake a fact-finding and diplomatic sojourn to South Africa aimed astatine uncovering lasting solutions to the cri...