NEWS DIARY
The federal government and the Canadian government on Tuesday vowed to scale up efforts in stemming the tide of Trafficking in
Persons and Migrants smuggling.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, said the two countries, through the technical partner; Ark Group, will promote projects to consolidate on the agency’s past achievements.
Intended projects include re-designing and re-developing the NAPTIP iReporter mobile App; community-based sensitization campaigns; Capacity building for NAPTIP officials and deployment of a NAPTIP Learning Hub
The Director General NAPTIP, Fatima Azi, said the project will support the ongoing NAPTIP ON THE MOVE weekly television Programme and a radio program to enhance awareness creation on issues of human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and irregular migration, especially amongst Young people in rural areas and urban poor communities.
Azi disclosed that in 2022, NAPTIP received 1,440 reported cases of trafficking in persons of which 412 were external trafficking cases (28.6%) and 1,028 internal trafficking cases (71.4%).
She said 2,743 victims were rescued in collaboration with other sister law enforcement agencies; Male children 233 (8.5%); Female children – 688 (25.1%); Male adults – 363 (13.2%); and Female adults – 1,459 (53.2%).
The DG said, “victims of inward trafficking were 45, that is victims trafficked into Nigeria; Returned victims from abroad were 251 and Intercepted victims were 1,484, that is, those who were on their way out of Nigeria.
Most of these victims are trafficked by road through our borders all across the country. We also secured 80 convictions in 2022; 45 males…
