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September 5, 2019
Despite the Federal Government’s withdrawal from participating in the World Economic Forum, WEF, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa as a result of the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, some governors and members of the business class still went ahead to attend.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama told State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja that the President after meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo decided to withdraw from participating. However, governors of Ekiti and Kaduna as well as some members of the business class from Nigeria are attending the ongoing forum.
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Fieldingquestion from journalists on whether the participation of some Nigeriansincluding the governors was not an affront on the position of the FederalGovernment, the Minister of Foreign Affairs explained that the governors mayhave arrived South Africa before the decision was taken.
Besides, he said that the WEF was not a SouthAfrican event, rather a global forum but taking place in South Africa.