Nigeria: Desist From Perilous Journeys, Buhari Warns Illegal Migrants

17 December 2018

"Migration governance in Nigeria has seen continuous improvement since the expansion of NCFRMI mandate to include the coordination of all migration-related matters in Nigeria as well as the resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in the Nation. This is evidenced by various Government interventions and programs aiming to provide IDPs, Refugees and Migrants with the best tools to become self-reliant".

President Buhari, today at national migration dialogue day, a time set aside by the United Nations for the celebration of international migrants, "implore the youth who constitute the larger population of those who decide to take these perilous journeys through deserts and sea crossings and end up losing their lives to desist. I advise them to tap into various Government programmes in order to change their lives and improve their standards of living". he concluded.

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