The Federal Government on Tuesday said there is no official
register for missing persons in Nigeria.
Adding that there are no reliable national data on the
number of missing persons because there’s no official register
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management
and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk made the disclosure during a
stakeholders’ meeting organised by the ministry in collaboration with the
National Human Right Commission, NHRC, the International Committee of the Red
Cross, ICRC.
Sadiya, who was represented by the permanent secretary,
Nasir Gwarzo, stated that the country currently has no national structure or
Standard Operating Procedure, SOP, to tackle the humanitarian consequences of
disappearances.
”The Federal Government was very concerned about
often-neglected and tragic humanitarian and social issues. Irregular migration
by many Nigerians, including children across borders. The Mediterranean Sea and
the Sahara Desert, in search of safety and a better life each year, often contribute
to the great risk of disappearance as the latest figures show that Nigeria is
recorded over 25,000 missing persons, including over 14,000 children out of the
64,000 disappeared persons across Africa”, the minister said.
Head of ICRC Nigeria Delegation, Yann Bonzon, revealed that
over 13,000 families across the country were looking for their missing loved
ones.
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