The former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has presented the case of the recent xenophobia attack on Nigerians living in South Africa before the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, IPTP.
The senator presented the case of the unfortunate incident at the October session of IPTP holding in Ethiopia.
Ekweremadu disclosed this at the opening plenary of the parliament in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday.
The senator who chairs the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the IPTP, appealed to the Parliament to tackle the problem of xenophobia attack on the continent.
Ekweremadu said, “Since we are holding this session in Africa, permit me to mention the issue of xenophobia, a development that worries me.
“There is a growing trend in acts and incidences of intolerance, which is destroying the brotherhood, peace, and mutual relationship among the people of Africa.
“As a special Parliament focusing on tolerance and peace, we will not close our eyes to the cases of xenophobia wherever it exists.
“I also appeal to our brothers and sisters in Africa to not only continue to tolerate but to also respectfully accept one another as one people with a common destiny.”
Ekweremadu however, applauded the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Ahmed Abiy, for his contribution to promoting peace on the continent which led to the Noble Peace award accorded him recently. Adding that, African leaders should emulate the leadership qualities of the Prime Minister.
He said “It is instructive that the efforts of this Government to engender peace was recently recognised with the bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on His Excellency, Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy, for driving the deal that ended the nearly 20-year old border hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
“Congratulations to him and the people of Ethiopia on this heart-lifting accomplishment. I hope that our presence and work here will help to reinforce Ethiopian Government’s policy of preaching and working for tolerance with its neighbours, which is yielding peace.
“I also hope that the Prime Minister’s vision of tolerance and peace will transcend the East African region and impact the rest of Africa. And it is my hope that other leaders will emulate his exemplary leadership”.
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