Births, more births but no succour for IDPs in Kishi Tsoro
Thousands of internally displaced persons from Benue and Nasarawa states have taken refuge in Oyo State where their numbers have increased due to child births. Apart from food and means of living, one of the IDPs’ major challenge is family planning interventions, as Daily Trust finds out.
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