The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has expanded its Africa Bureau by adding three Regional Offices to handle issues across the region for effective response.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Federal Government have called on Nigerians to enroll for the National Identity Number to avoid falling into a stateless situation.
Tony Ojukwu, the Executives Secretary of the commission, said this in Yola at a 3-day Mid-Term Review Meeting of the IDP Protection Monitoring Project for North- East.
The UNHCR’s Representative in Nigeria, Antonio Canhandula, made the
disclosure in Lagos at an event to mark this Year’s World Refugee Day.
The UN Refugee Agency gave the caution in a statement on Thursday following the return of 887 Nigerian refugees on Tuesday.
UNHCR’s new Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Antonio Canhandula, made the assertion in Lagos while interacting with some refugees from Chad