Xenophobia: Nigeria won’t collapse if we send South African businesses away – Umeh

Anambra Central Senator, Victor Umeh, says Nigeria volition not illness if it sends South African and their businesses distant retired of the country.

Speaking during an interrogation connected Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Umeh said determination is thing they are doing successful the state that Nigerians cannot bash for themselves.

His remark came against the backdrop of xenophobic attacks connected Nigerian citizens successful South Africa, wherever immoderate Nigerians were killed and their businesses looted.

“We tin nonstop them distant from here, adjacent their business, who cares? It’s not similar Nigeria volition illness if they go, we volition ne'er collapse.

“Attacking and sending foreigners retired of your state is not the mode to physique a nation. By the clip radical debar going to South Africa, they volition spot the wounded they person done to themselves.

“There’s thing they’re doing successful Nigeria that we cannot bash for ourselves. If it is satellites that they have, we person to walk money.

“I retrieve successful 2006, Daar Communications wanted to commencement integer outer transmission, the benignant of happening they are doing successful South Africa. Some of america were moved to patriotically put successful t...