Nigeria: Rising Number of Orphans Overstretches School

18 August 2014

Maiduguri — Proprietor of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation, a school for orphans and vulnerable children in Maiduguri, Borno State,Barrister Zanna Mustapha, said at the weekend that facilities in his school are overstretched due to increasing number of orphans.

Daily Trust gathered that orphans have been flooding Maiduguri, due to the Boko Haram crisis.

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