Former Nigerian lawmaker, Ben Murray Bruce has said the action that head of states, President Muhammadu Buhari took during the South African xenophobic attacks is commendable.
According to him,
‘President Buhari showed maturity and restraint on the xenophobic attacks in South Africa and this is commendable’.
In a rare commendation coming from Ben Bruce to President Buhari, the common sense senator said,
‘in such a situation, a leader must be visionary and not reactionary’.
.@MBuhari showed maturity and restraint on the xenophobic attacks in South Africa and this is commendable. https://t.co/LVKL7m4KKh
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) September 22, 2019
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State gave N20,000 to each of the second batch of 315 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa.
The second batch of returnees arrived a week after another 187 Nigerians fleeing xenophobia came back from South Africa.
The flight, which originated from the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg was received by Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission and Air Peace Chairman, Allen Onyema. Also on ground was Jermaine Sanwo-Olu, Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on Diaspora.
Presenting the token on behalf of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jermaine Sanwo-Olu said that the money was a palliative for the returnees saying that the returnees from Lagos State would be transferred to the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), where they would be trained on skill acquisition.
