Many African governments have paid little more than lip service to their citizens stranded all over the world.
The pandemic has meant that governments in Africa are faced with a litmus test on how they respond to their citizens in troubled times, especially those overseas. And so far, the test results have been negative. The early response of respective African governments to the distress call sent out by their citizens stuck abroad, amid the coronavirus pandemic, has largely been slow, inadequate or nonexistent.
Dr Pisso Scott Nseke, a Cameroonian business consultant living in Wuhan, China, is one of them. Nseke is grappling with the ripple effects of the coronavirus which broke out in Wuhan last December. “We are facing economic difficulties – loss of jobs and revenues,” Nseke told the. He said there is also the problem of housing, with Africans having been forced to leave their abodes in search of shelter.
to assist them. Fast-forward to today, and those hopes have all faded away. “We haven’t seen even one franc of the money,” Nseke said. “I feel frustrated and disappointed that the government has not done as the others [governments in Africa]. I want to return home but the borders are closed,” he said.
Back in February, the Zambian government gave ¥1,035 each to some 182 Zambian students in Wuhan, according to Salima. But they have since not heard much from their embassy or received further government assistance. Salima says some of her peers are now grappling with expired visas in addition to other personal issues.
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