Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has paid a visit to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa.
The visit is coming weeks after the Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa, which the former Nigerian leader stoutly condemned.
According to a statement by Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Khusela Diko, Obasanjo presented Ramaphosa with a copy of a new book which he co-wrote with Greg Mills of the Brenthurst Foundation in South Africa; Jeffrey Herbst, a celebrated Africanist; and Tendai Biti, the former finance minister of Zimbabwe.
The book is titled: “Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage”.
After the meeting, the South African President thanked Obasanjo for working hard and still having the energy to write and contribute to current debates about the development of Africa.
The statement said: “Former president Obasanjo expressed his sincere appreciation of President Ramaphosa’s recent appointment of a team of special envoys who have in the past few days visited a number of fellow African states to deliver a message from the president regarding the incidents of violence.
“In the meeting, the leaders engaged on misconceptions created about the situation in South Africa that gave the impression that Nigerian nationals, in particular, had been victimised.”
It reiterated that no loss of life was reported among Nigerian nationals in South Africa during the attacks.
