FG says it will not accept racial discrimination against Nigerians in China
- The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the federal government will not accept racial discrimination against Nigerians living in China
- Onyeama disclosed that the Nigerian government has sent strong words to the Chinese authorities over the treatment of Nigerians in the Asian country
- The minister stated that Nigeria is displeased with the way its citizens in China are being treated
The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the federal government will not accept racial discrimination against Nigerians living in China.
Speaking at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday, April 23, in Abuja, Onyeama said the Nigerian government has sent strong words to the Chinese authorities over the treatment of Nigerians in the Asian country, Channels TV reports.
Source: UGC
“We have made it clear to the Chinese government unequivocally that under no circumstance will we accept racial discrimination against Nigerians or, indeed Africans or blacks in China. That is the red line for us," he said.
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The minister stated that the Chinese authorities denied that there were cases of discrimination against Nigerians.
Onyeama said Nigeria is displeased with the way its citizens in China are being treated.
He disclosed that the ministry of foreign affairs was taking steps to address the issue, especially the incidents in Guangzhou.
Legit.ng had reported that Africans living and doing business in China alleged that they have been thrown out of hotels and their apartments.
The alleged action reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was carried out in China's southern city of Guangzhou by local health officials, who, it was said, rolled out a testing campaign for Covid-19.
The BBC quoted community leaders as confirming the development with those evicted claiming it was an act of discrimination.
The report also quoted Lunde Okulunge Isidore, a businessman from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as saying: "They came to my house. They told me to wait after 24 hours for the result, [but] after 24 hours nobody contacted me."
While some confirmed being evicted from their apartments, others said they had been forced into quarantine and have not been made to see the results of their tests.
The report, however, said Chinese officials denied online rumours that the virus was spreading in African communities in the country.
They also denied the alleged rumour that parts of the city where Africans reside were under lockdown.
The report said there are fears over the increasing number of imported coronavirus cases in the country and the authorities are worried it could cause a second outbreak.
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