A civil society group, Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights, CASER, has appealed to the South African Government to pay compensation to victims of the xenophobic attacks in that country.
In a statement issued by its Executive Director, Mr. Frank Tietie on Monday, CASER, also demanded the setting up of victims support fund by the Federal Government to assist affected Nigerians, adding that all South African doing businesses in the country should contribute to the fund.
The group added that the demands would be presented during a peaceful protest to the South African High Commission in Abuja on Tuesday, saying that CASER would use the protest to denounce the attacks and hold the South African government responsible for failing to protect Nigerians and other African nationals in its domain.
“The South African government would be compelled to pay compensation to all the victims of the xenophobic attacks.
“This is imperative since the government has failed to take steps to prevent the reoccurrence of the attacks after the 2008 xenophobic violence which led to the gruesome death of 62 persons.
“The Nigerian government would be demanded to set up a fund to which all South African businesses in Nigeria must contribute money to support the victims of the recent shameful xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
“Black South Africans would be reminded of how ungrateful they are as a people to the rest of Africa, especially Nigerian workers who contributed money to their liberation struggles
“We would show that Nigeria loves all people, especially Africans, and they are all fully welcome to live, work and do business in Nigeria with all their rights guaranteed, ” the group said.
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