{"id":635,"date":"2026-09-11T11:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:16:34","slug":"nass-suspends-official-engagements-to-south-africa-over-xenophobic-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/nass-suspends-official-engagements-to-south-africa-over-xenophobic-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"NASS suspends official engagements to South Africa over xenophobic attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria&#8217;s National Assembly leadership has directed the suspension of all official visits to the Republic of South Africa.<br>It also \u200b\u200c\u2060\u200b\u200d\u200d\u2060\u2060\u200c\u200d\u2060\u200b\u200b\u2060\u2060\u200b\u2060\u200c\u200bdirected the boycott of South African-hosted or South African-organised legislative activities and engagements until further notice.<br>National Assembly clerk Kamoru Ogunlana announced this in a statement on Friday.<br>Ogunlana said the decision was in response to continuing reports of xenophobic attacks, violence, intimidation, destruction of property and other forms of hostility against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa.<br>According to the clerk, the decision reflects the National Assembly\u2019s grave concern for the safety, dignity and welfare of Nigerian citizens abroad.<br>\u201cThe National Assembly calls on the government of the Republic of South Africa to take urgent and concrete measures to protect Nigerians and other African nationals and prevent further attacks.<br>\u201cThe National Assembly leadership urged South African authorities to investigate reported incidents thoroughly, arrest suspected perpetrators and prosecute those culpable in accordance with the law,\u201d Ogunlana said.<br>He said the suspension and boycott would remain in force until further notice and subject to review by the leadership of the National Assembly as circumstances warrant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the clerk, the decision reflects the National Assembly\u2019s grave concern for the safety, dignity and welfare of Nigerian citizens abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,53],"tags":[85,86,83,84],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national-news","category-news","tag-nass","tag-national-assembly","tag-south-africa","tag-xenophobia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}