Nigerians lost more than N84m to South Africans attacks

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A Nigerian Union in South Africa said on Saturday that Nigerians lost
more than 4.6 million Rand (N84m) to the South African attacks .
The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene,
told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria, South Africa,
that the losses were initially put at 1.2 million Rand (N21m).
"The Nigerian Union in South Africa has completed documentation of the
losses suffered by Nigerians to xenophobic attacks.
"Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand or N84m during the attacks.
A mechanic workshop owned by a Nigerian in Jeppes, near Johannesburg,
for example was completely burnt with 11 cars inside it.
"The loss is put at more than one million Rand or N20m," he said.
Anyene said the Union had compiled the losses and given the list to
Nigeria's Consul-General to South Africa.
He said Nigerian victims of the attacks needed urgent assistance to
re-settle because many had lost their means of livelihood.
Anyene said, "The Consul-General has travelled to Nigeria and we
appeal to the Federal Government to do something urgent to assist
Nigerians affected by the attacks.
"We have made representations to the Federal government .
"We are also hoping that working with the South African government,
there will be a way to compensate the affected Nigerians so as to
enable them go back to their normal lives.
"The tension is less now. The South African government has come out in
full force to check the attacks."
Anyene said the losses suffered by Nigerians were in the form of
vandalised mechanic workshops, burnt mechanic workshops, looted shops
as well as stolen and burnt cars.
"More than 50 Nigerians were displaced during the attacks. The Union
has assisted them to return home.
"The Union is also planning to assist a family to move to a new
accommodation because the present home is not safe," he said.
He said the Union carried out a proper documentation of the attacks,
with pictures and other relevant documents stored to capture the
incidents.
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