Irregular migration surges as economic hardship spikes in Nigeria 

“Many are the afflictions of Nigerians”, said a Lagos based migration expert, Osita Osemene, arsenic helium reacted to the Federal Government’s caller revelation that implicit 3000 Nigerians had been repatriated from Chad, Niger, Cameroon successful the past six months.

DAILY POST reports that migration has been increasing exponentially arsenic Nigerians effort to flight hunger, starvation and the unprecedented insecurity successful the land.

Last week, the Federal Government reported that astir 3,000 Nigerians person been repatriated from Chad, Cameroon and Niger since the opening of the year.

The Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Tijani Ahmed, stated this during the commemoration of World Refugee Day, precocious successful Abuja.

He added that NCFRMI had been instrumental successful the reception and registration of asylum seekers from Cameroon surviving successful Adamawa, Cross River, Benue, Taraba, Akwa Ibom and Nigeriens surviving successful Borno and Yobe states.

“About 3,000 Nigerian refugees were voluntarily repatriated backmost to Nigeria successful Borno State successful January 2026. Efforts are successful spot to motion a tripartite statement for the voluntary instrumentality of Nigerian refugees successful Niger Republic,” helium said.

Ahmed expressed interest implicit what helium termed the ‘tragic images’ coming from Sudan, Syria, Cameroo...