Daily Trust
19 June 2009
Editorial
A recent research conducted by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said that there are an estimated 17.5 million Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in the country.
This represents about 25 percent of the nation's population figure of 140 million citizens. The research which covered 2006 to 2008, also took note of abandoned children, street urchins and children orphaned by the dreaded HIV/AIDS disease, among others.
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