Nigeria: Afri-Dev Statement on New Kidnap of More Nigerian Girls, Boko Haram Threat to Sell Previous Abductees into Slavery; and Attacks on Education, Youth and Human Development

Lagos — Highlights of Statement

  • New Kidnappings, and Boko Haram's Barbaric Threat to Sell Almost 300 Abducted School Girls into Slavery Underline Need for Constitutional and Law Enforcement Protection Against Forced 'Marriage' of Underage Girls.
  • Boko Haram Attack's on Schools in General, and Girl Students in Particular Undermines Overall Human and Social Development.
  • As World Economic Forum Africa Commences in Abuja from 7th May, Afri-Dev Cautions that Narrow Economic Growth Without Urgent Improved Investment in Education, Youth Employment and Human Development May Result in Wider Instability and Demographic Catastrophe - as Nigeria's Population Rockets to 239 million by 2025, and 440 million by 2050 - and Africa Doubles from 1 billion to 2 billion people by 2050.
  • Afri-Dev Calls for Parliamentary / Public Hearings Across Africa, and a Heads of State Summit on Theme of Girls and Women's Development.

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