Senators want S’African companies sacked

Nigeria, S’Africa diplomatic row: Senators want S’African companies sacked
Reps want Minister to invoke principle of reciprocity. Last yellow fever case recorded in 1995 – Health Minister
NCAA summons stakeholders to a meeting

ABUJA—MOVED by the deportation of Nigerians by the South African government, senators Tuesday asked the Federal Government to shut down all South African companies and immediately close the nation’s embassy in that country.

This came on a day the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Gbenga Ashiru, to invoke the tenets of reciprocity against the South African government, just as Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, dislcosed in Abuja yesterday that the last case of yellow fever in the country was recorded in  1995.

Also, Lagos State House of Assembly condemned in strong terms the deportation of 125 Nigerians by the South African government, and expressed dismay over the shabby manner they were treated, even as Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, summoned South African Airways, Arik Air, security agencies and other stakeholders in the aviation sector over the incident.