Simon Udemba, president of
the Nigerian Community in Zimbabwe, has urged the government to reconsider its
ban on foreign businesspeople in some sectors.
"I would like to plead with the Zimbabwean government and people to be
considerate in effecting this exercise," Udemba told AFP.
"As an African and resident of Zimbabwe I am particularly concerned if
the approach will be economically beneficial for the country."
He said Nigerians in
Zimbabwe are contributing to the development of the country and that they
should not be forced out of business.
"I believe Nigerians are providing necessary services. Nigerians have
been here with Zimbabweans through all these years of isolation by the West,
they never deserted Zimbabwe," he said.
"They have been in Zimbabwe through thick and thin, they live here with
their families. Nigerians in Zimbabwe are doing genuine business and are
servicing the economy positively."
"In my view there is no black African that should be called a foreigner
in any black African land; we should look at one another as brothers."
But the Government is
determined to press ahead with controversial plans to ban foreigners from
owning bakeries, barber shops, estate agencies and a host of other businesses. See
story here
"Foreigners operating
in reserved sectors of the economy have been given January 1 as the deadline to
comply with regulations," a government official told AFP.
The businesses to be owned
by locals include bakeries, barber shops, beauty salons, estate agencies, grain
mills, milk processing plants, retail outlets, tobacco processing, transport
and valet services.
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