The United Nations’ Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict has called for an urgent action to protect children in North-Eastern Nigeria.
The organisation’s Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Leila Zerrougui, at the end of a weeklong visit to the country, said children growing up in the region are in desperate need of protection from relentless violence.
Zerrougui also met with the Federal Government, Adamawa State, and civil society groups to galvanise efforts to gather and verify information on grave violations committed against children in the zone.
She said the efforts would help the government and its partners provide better protection for children and promote accountability.
In a statement obtained by journalists, Zerrougui met with displaced people from the conflict-affected areas, including children and women in Yola, Adamawa State.
She said, “I witnessed people’s shock and disbelief at the devastation suffered by their communities. I saw trauma in children’s eyes. The scale of the suffering is way beyond what I anticipated to find. The people I met demand and deserve urgent protection.”
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