Nigeria

Nigeria is a lower middle income country in West & Central Africa. It ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 2015 the country committed to support delivery of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and the pledge to leave no one behind.

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Under-five mortality

Nigeria

Nigeria is a lower middle income country in West & Central Africa. It ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 2015 the country committed to support delivery of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and the pledge to leave no one behind.

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    There are no job opportunities for youths and this has caused food shortages for children, with many children falling ill and dying.

    - Girl

    Girl ,

    Nigeria

    Whenever I am hungry my eye used to turn me [feeling dizzy and nauseous], and I would feel like I want to vomit.

    - Girl , 12 years

    Girl ,

    Nigeria

    On the walk home my schoolmates and I saw entire neighbourhoods under water, people desperately trying to salvage what was left of their belongings… The floodwater had destroyed my storybooks and toys… All of this, though, was not as painful as the news that my baby sister had drowned.

    - Rumaisa* , 13 years

    Rumaisa* ,

    Nigeria

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