The International Organization for Migration has presented a 25-year framework to guide migration cooperation with Nigeria, unveiled at its 25th-anniversary celebration in Abuja on October 29.
The document, called Migration Vision @25, was developed with the Nigerian government and partners. It is built around three pillars — mobility, opportunity and resilience — with priorities that include protecting migrants, expanding regular migration routes, supporting returning migrants to rebuild their lives and finding lasting solutions for communities affected by displacement, according to the IOM statement and a Premium Times report.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, in a video message to the event, said migration was “not only a challenge to be managed; it is an opportunity to be harnessed.” He called for investment in skills development and greater engagement with Nigerians in the diaspora, whose skills and networks he described as assets for national development.
The anniversary was attended by Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction Bernard Mohammed Doro, diplomats and United Nations agency representatives. Minister Doro said a revised National Migration Policy and its implementation plan had been approved in August.
IOM said that since 2014 it has assisted more than 2.5 million people in Nigeria, supported nearly 500,000 displaced people with shelter, facilitated the voluntary return of over 72,000 Nigerian migrants and helped generate or restore more than 75,000 jobs.
Sources: IOM Nigeria; Premium Times
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