The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that about
160,000 Nigerians have fled the north eastern parts of the country seeking
refuge in neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
This is contained in a statement signed by Kori Habib, UNFPA
Media Associate in Nigeria as part of activities to mark the 2015 World
Population Day scheduled for July 11.
The statement indicated that Nigeria would join the rest of
the world to commemorate the World Population Day with the theme:
"Vulnerable population in emergencies’’.
According to the statement, the theme of the 2015 world
population day is of crucial relevance and timely to Nigeria.
"Nigeria has about 1.5 million Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) largely due to communal conflicts and insurgencies in the north
eastern part.
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