The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) have called for collaborative support to end human trafficking in Nigeria.
The call was made at the official ceremony of the compendium of good practices of state task forces in combating trafficking in persons in Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
NAPTIP organised the event in collaboration with UNODC, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Expertise France, UNHCR, ATIPSOM Nigeria, UNHCR, and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).
The NAPTIP director-general Fatima Waziri described human trafficking as the greatest issue faced in the form of modern slavery.
According to her, human trafficking often inflicts unimaginable suffering upon countless individuals worldwide, therefore the need for collaboration to end the menace.
Ms Waziri said, “Human trafficking knows no boundaries transcending geographical, cultural and…
