The United Nations Children’s Fund says the number of children between the ages of zero and 17 years registered in Nigeria increased by 29 million.
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The Rotary International has donated $5,732,360 to continue the fight against polio in Nigeria.
The United Nations Children’s Fund has estimated that 25,685 babies would be born in Nigeria on New Year Day.
Pernille Ironside, Deputy Representative of UNICEF Nigeria, made the commendation in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Pernille Ironside, Deputy Representative, UNICEF Nigeria, stated this on Wednesday in Kaduna, at the opening of a two-day Northern Nigeria Traditional Leaders Conference on Out-of-School Children.
Geoffrey Njoku, Communication Specialist, UNICEF, made the assertion in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday.
This brings the number of children released this year to 207.
UNICEF Nigeria Acting Representative, Pernille Ironside, in a statement obtained by Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria from the UN in New York, said the girls’ release was “heartening”