This is the position of the Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM) at a dialogue organised to mark the 100 days in office of Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, the Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Wednesday.
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Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice Jane Inyang convicted Idananke after he pleaded guilty to the two-counts preferred against him by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
According to the report obtained on Tuesday, more people were declared missing in Zamfara State
Speaking at a working lunch at Palais Elysee, President Buhari said the visit of President Macron to Nigeria in 2018 had yielded fruits in renewed interest for entrepreneurship beyond local borders, with more businesses expanding their reach and scope in France, particularly with establishment of French Nigeria Investment Club.
Its Director-General, Dr. Fatima Waziri, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday.
Chidiebere Oruruo-Ifudu, Commander of the zone, comprising Edo and Delta States, disclosed this in an interview.
NAPTIP’s Director-General, Dr. Fatima Waziri, made the call at the premiere of the movie ‘Enslaved’, a film based on the fight against human trafficking and child labour in Nigeria.
Dr. Waziri-Azi stated that the successful arrest, prosecution and conviction of the high profile individuals involved in the illicit business of human trafficking will serve as a major deterrent to other people in the unlawful endeavour.
The Rep spoke at a capacity building retreat for members of Committees on Diaspora, Foreign Affairs and Human rights.
The project, scheduled to be launched in Abuja on September 7, also seeks to provide assistance to such vulnerable people while they are on the move, Frantz Celestin, the IOM Chief of Mission in Nigeria, said in a statement on Thursday.
He described human trafficking as a fundamental problem whose victims are mostly vulnerable women and children, hence the need to support the efforts of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in tackling the menace.
As such, he said there is the urgent need to unbundle and expand the scope of the activities of NAPTIP to be able to render mega rehabilitation services that will meet the needs and expectation of the victims and scale up its awareness and sensitization strategies.
The teenagers: Success Okogbowa, 17; Gift Osabuohien, 18; Endurance Edigho, 18; Gift Edigho, 17; Oghayero, 19, and Happiness Oliver, 16, and Godfrey were billed to travel to Cote d’Ivoire and Libya.
The launch coincides with this year’s commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (WDATIP) with the theme ‘Victims’ Voices take the Lead’.
This observation was made by an Ebonyi State-based anti-human trafficking expert, Lorieth Nwafor, in an interaction with our correspondent.
The Enugu Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Nneka Ajie, said this on Friday in Enugu during the celebration of the 2021 World Day Against Human Trafficking.
The NAPTIP boss who expressed mixed feeling over the 2020 United States Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report which elevated Nigeria from the previous Tier 2 Watch list to Tier 2 ranking, said the Agency is presently studying the report with a view to identifying areas of improvement and scale up the activities of the agency.
The Comptroller, Isma’il Abba, revealed this to newsmen in Dutse on Friday.
Adeniran made this known during a one day workshop on: “The Basic Knowledge and Skills in Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking,” held at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Conference Room, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the State capital.
The movie is an exposé on money laundering, human and drug trafficking. It opens the eyes of its teeming audience to the flow of illegal money crippling economies, especially in third world countries.