The proposed exchange programme between Nigerian students and their South African counterparts may have ended before it kicks off.

President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Comrade Daniel Akpan on Wednesday turned down the offer following the renewed attacks on Nigerians and their businesses in the late Nelson Mandela’s country.

Akpan stated this while reacting to the proposal put forward by some Nigerian Youth groups: National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and Nigerian Youth Initiatives, who were on a fence- mending mission to the South African Mission in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students almost came to blows at the premises of the South African High Commission in Abuja, on Wednesday, over offers of a free trip to South Africa.

The Mission had made the offer to douse the tension over xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in different SA cities.