‘Over 330,000 Nigerian Refugees Languish In Neighbouring Countries’
At least, 330,000 Nigerian refugees are languishing in neighbouring countries due to insurgency and armed banditry in the North East and North West, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has disclosed.
The minister indicated that communal, farmers/herdsmen clashes in the Middle Belt and in the Southern region, flood, drought, as well as fires and industrial accidents, among other things, led to the high number.
According to her, 16,634 are in Chad, 118,409 in Cameroun, while Niger Republic has 186,957.
IN related security issue, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Gabriel Okafor, has aligned with Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s statement on military hardware movement in the country.
Okafor said: “The alarm raised by the Governor of Kaduna State on the need to work hard to avert the Afghanistan scenario is indeed timely.”
He spoke Sunday at a forum tagged ‘Human Capital Development Communication Strategy Validation’ meeting organised by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led National Economic Council (NEC) in Abuja.