Xenophobic attack: I will not let Nigerians die like that —Gbajabiamila

Majority leader of the House of Representatives,
Femi Gbajabiamila has been mandated Wednesday by 
the leadership of the House to lead a delegation of some
members to South Africa over the xenophobic attacks on
Nigerians living in South Africa.

The House in a resolution on Tuesday at the plenary 
presided by the Deputy Speaker, Yussuff Lasun said the majority leader will be joined by the Chairman House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnena Okeje, Rep. Sadiq Ibrahim, Henry Nwawuba, Nasiru Zango Daura, and Shehu Aliyu Musa.

The House also resolved that the delegation of legislators and

officials from the ministry of foreign affairs should engage the

parliament of South Africa and Nigerians in South Africa on the

xenophobic attacks with a few to stopping the attacks and any

further occurrence in future.

Recall that the Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora

Matters, Rep Rita Orji had recently condemned the alleged

lackadaisical attitude of the Federal Government towards the

protection of Nigerians outside the country saying that the

government paid more interest in remittance from citizens

abroad and not their welfare.

Orji said she was not going to be part of the “conspiracy of

silence”, adding that Nigerians in Diaspora were only dear to

the government of Nigeria because of the funds they remit to

the country.

She also accused the government of over-protecting the

businesses and interests of South Africa to the detriment of

Nigeria. The government, she said, is not “taking a critical look

at what Nigerians in Diaspora face in the countries that they

are.

She said, “Have we taken any bold steps to make sure that

incessant killings of Nigerians abroad unlawfully are being taken

care of? These are pertinent questions that any Nigerian that

loves life would ask. And why would this conspiracy of silence

linger while blood is being shed, while Nigerians are being

killed like chicken in various countries, while Nigerians are

becoming endangered species.

“Must we protect the foreign interest to the detriment of

Nigerians. Now NCC is hellbent on reviewing upwards the price

of data and voice calls in Nigeria to the detriment of Nigerians,

even with the intervention of National Assembly, NCC is bent

on doing that on their own, just to protect the interest of the

foreigners.

“The South Af