Nurudeen made this known on Monday in Uyo during the fourth UNHCR-ECOWAS Ambassadors’ retreat with the theme “Mixed Flows and Durable Solutions in the ECOWAS Region”.
He said that some of the outcome of such political instability included the outbreaks of restiveness, insurgency, terrorism, intrastate violence in the forms of ethno-religious, political, criminal and struggle for scarce resources. “The most worrisome in this situation is that a larger part of this movement is made up of the youth who arguably are expected to be the most viable human resource of West Africa.
Nurudeen noted that the bi-annual Ambassadors’ retreat serves as a veritable platform to X-ray the achievements of the previous meeting and chart a new course by way of evolving new strategies.He said that the new strategies would capture how best to tackle some of the emerging problems already highlighted.
Celestin said that the retreat was an opportunity to reflect on the successes and challenges of the works of all actors to align with a global view on protection that could benefit the West African region. “Increasing complex and large scale migration flows typically pose significant and diverse vulnerabilities for affected individuals.
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