Nigeria: Many Nigerians Risk Becoming Stateless - Rights Commission

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that many Nigerians may become stateless as a result of insurgency in parts of the country.

Speaking at a budget defence session before the House of Representatives committee on human rights yesterday, Executive Secretary of NHRC Prof Ben Angwe said however that despite insecurity challenges, the commission has about 300 monitors of human rights violations in Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Nasarawa, Plateau, Benue, Taraba and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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