The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says at least 1, 025, 000 Nigerian girls still face genital circumcision every year. The UNFPA Country Representative, Ulla Mueller, said this on Saturday during a virtual meeting with the National Population Commission. The meeting was held in commemoration of the 2020 World Population Day with the theme- ‘Putting the Brakes on Covid-19: How to Safeguard the Health and Rights of Women and Girls Now.’ Mueller while quoting the ‘World Population Report 2020’, said Nigeria still accounts for a quarter of the total number…
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