By Racheal Ishaya
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is concerned with the rising numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries.
The IMF said this on Friday in Washington DC in its latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa report presented by Director of the IMF’s African Department, Mr Abebe Selassie.
According to the IMF, the current number of internally displaced persons in the region is five times higher than it was 20 years ago.
Figures from the report showed that the number of IDPs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is 4.4 million people, South Sudan 1.9 million and Nigeria 1.7 million.
Selassie said that economic growth in the Sub-Saharan region was expected to increase from three per cent in 2018 to 3.5 per cent in 2019.
“Some 21 countries, mainly the region’s more diversified economies, are expected to grow at more than five per cent and see income per capita…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
