What is a yellow card???? A question on the lips of Nigerians at the moment!
Last week, South Africa deported 125 Nigerians arriving to Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport on an Arik Air Ltd. Flight from Nigeria with claims that the passengers carried falsified yellow fever cards. In a quick response to this dastardly act, the Nigerian authority decides to retaliate by deporting at least 84 South Africans over similar claims about their vaccination cards, fifty-Six South Africans were barred last night from entering Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. . "Tit for Tat" a lot of Nigerians will say. However, the Nigerian government is also finalising plans to review the status of all South Africans living in this country to ascertain the validity of their visas and work permit." DSTV and MTN also on the spot". Nigerian Foreign Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru, speaking at the National Assembly on Tuesday, said the deportations represented something more than a vaccination concern. Ashiru said it represented the ongoing “xenophobia” faced by Nigerian immigrants living in South Africa who face rampaging police who arrest them without cause. . He said Nigeria had asked the South African government to apologise and punish officials involved in the deportation of Nigerians, and to also pay compensation for the affected travelers . Thus, Clayson Monyela, a spokesman for South Africa’s Foreign Ministry, said his country planned to issue a statement today Wednesday 7th March 2012.
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