Xenophobia: Over 5,000 Nigerians Out Of Job After Retaliatory Attacks On South African Brands - Lagos Government

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said more than 5,000 people have lost their jobs to retaliatory attacks.
Irate Nigerian youths attacked South Africans brands in Nigeria following recent xenophobic attacks targeted at Nigerians living in the country.

In Lagos, Shoprite stores were looted while MTN properties were vandalized. Reacting to the incident, Sanwo-Olu said:

“These are jobs where Nigerians are the ones that have been affected. So, we need to be able to take the lessons out of this, be stronger together and be able to take corrective measures to ensure that things like these should certainly not repeat itself in our community".

“We have seen the amount of enormous destruction in both plazas and the first thing is to condemn in strong terms whatever could have led to this. It is extensive destruction of people’s property. In both malls, over 5,000 people are out of jobs. These are jobs where Nigerians are the ones that have been affected. As a government, we have come out to condemn this and to assure the business community that ease of doing business is paramount to us and security of lives and property is part of the to-do list for us. We are charging our security operatives to stop at nothing to ensure that they keep all of these facilities safe and secure".