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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Nigeria will record a surge in the prevalence of cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office, Enugu, Dr. Ibrahim Conte, disclosed in Enugu, yesterday, during a media briefing, said that two million cases of FGM would likely occur within the next 10 years worldwide due to COVID-19. x
He said that Nigeria was not spared as it had continued to record alarming COVID-19 cases.
He, therefore, advocated a united, concerted and well-funded action to end the practice, which he described, as a human rights violation.