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Nigeria. These are activities that could easily be done through a
project in Social Justice and Public Interest Lawyering via outreach
programs and other activities alike. The students/clinicians will be
involved in the proposed activities; they will be the ‘foot soldiers’
that will go to communities and market places to hand out fliers and
do jingles, organise seminars in various schools and other
organisations just to educate the Nigerian public on statelessness.
Moreover, from the data analysis and presentation section of this
paper, there is seemingly lack of knowledge on statelessness, thus,
sensitisation and awareness is quite paramount in the fight against
Statelessness in Nigeria.
ii)
Secondly, the UNHCR has identified that accurate data in Nigeria to
know an estimated number of stateless persons, those who are at risk
of being Stateless and other information alike is missing and getting
such data is difficult. The clinicians through the out-reach programs
mentioned, which could lead to in-house clients in the various law
clinics, with proper documentation and necessary questions asked
during client interviews, so much data could be retrieved for the
benefit of the fight against statelessness. Besides, the little research
conducted for the benefit of this paper shows it is indeed possible to
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