Nigeria — Flow Monitoring Dashboard 11 (1—31 January 2018)

This dashboard provides an overview of mobility patterns occurring in Nigeria’s northern States of Kano and Sokoto for January 2018. Results for Sokoto show that the daily average number of individuals observed at the flow monitoring points increased by 3% compared to December. Some changes were observed in the age distribution of migrants, with an increase in adult male and female travelers observed in January, representing a 7 percentage point increase from the previous month. For 54% of individuals, Nigeria is the country of departure, while the remaining 46% are leaving from Niger.

Results for the FMP in Kano show that the daily average number of individuals observed at the flow monitoring points increased by 5% compared to December. There were slight changes in the gender/age distribution of migrants, with more male adults travelers observed in January, representing a 2 percentage point increase from the previous month. For 74% of individiduals, Nigeria is the country of departure, while the remaining 25% are leaving from Niger.