Wednesday, July 1, 2026 - The Nigerian government will engage with the South African government to seek compensation for Nigerians forced to leave behind businesses and properties amid anti-immigrant protests, Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Alexander Ajayi says.
Ajayi disclosed this during a television broadcast as
another batch of Nigerians prepared to arrive under the Federal Government’s
ongoing voluntary evacuation programme. He clarified that those being
repatriated are individuals who voluntarily opted to return home ahead of the
latest planned anti-immigrant protests.
He further noted that the Federal Government has begun
documenting the businesses and properties abandoned by returnees to ensure
adequate compensation is pursued systematically.
“In terms of
the businesses, just three days ago, myself and the South African Deputy
Minister of Finance were together and we were discussing this," Ajayi
said. "I took up the discussion with her and we have agreed that we are
going to ask our people who are returning to begin to document what they are
leaving behind, and that was the message before this set due to land. I have
asked them to document very accurately those things they were leaving behind in
terms of businesses, cars, and movable or immovable properties. We can now take
it up with the South African government. That is the next step we are going to
take.”
He emphasized that the process extends far beyond the
physical evacuation of citizens.
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