Nigeria is a country located in West Africa with a population of approximately 200 million people. Nigeria is very rich in diversity and has over 250 ethnic groups. Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa are its three predominant languages while English is Nigeria’s official language. Pidgin is also widely spoken among its people. Nigeria is blessed with abundant natural resources such as oil and gas. The national capital is the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while Lagos, is known as its commercial capital. Its major religions are Christianity and Islam.
Nigeria has a team of 40 MaM volunteers including eight from MaM phase one. The volunteers operate across Edo, Delta and Lagos states, where over 50% of the returned migrants assisted to return to Nigeria since April 2017 under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration hail from. The volunteers bring various skills to the table like photography, graphic design, acting, public speaking, advocacy, writing, soccer and sound production while being trained and retrained across these areas and more under the project. Through offline activities like market sensitisation, school advocacy, soccer tournaments, music concerts, drama and role plays, radio visits and production of digital content, they put their passion and skills to great use to pass across messages that creates positive behavioural change among their peers and communities on safe migration and other issues like COVID-19.
Key Figures
50
volunteers
26
youth outreach initiatives
69
community events
22,120
people reached on the ground
55,649
people reached online
59
videos produced
Volunteers
She has a shop
He is a hair barber
He is a plumber
"Born in Jan 1989, Studied Accountancy, Polythenic of Ibadan. Has a HND. He is a Travel consultant, SUIT-U Travels and tours. Director at Suit-U homes. A Home maintenance and real estate…
She is a spa therapist
Brown is a VFO and a returnee under EUTF. He is a hair stylist and barber by profession
She is a fashion designer and was reintegrated into fashion as her business. She traveled in Nov 2015 and returned in July 2018.
Chris is a returnee under EU-IOM Joint Initiative.
