NAPTIP, UN reiterate collaboration to end human trafficking in Nigeria
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 sociology-economic divisions; the battle encompasses government agencies, civil society organisations, law enforcement and faith-based organisations and the media. As such, to effectively end human trafficking, we must create a seamless world of partners and shared accountability, which was why state task forces were established.”
Abimbola Adewumi, project coordinator of the Trafficking in Persons/Smuggling of Migrants (TOP/SOM) unit, UNODC Portfolio, described the roadmap and objective of the compendium as the maiden edition of the document designed to boost fights against human trafficking.
“It was during that boot camp when the states started to present their achievements and successes we realized the rough roads we had. Also, there is a need for us to get something out of it that the state task forces can use to identify and make reference to, and then we have to report harmonisation as an outcome,” said Ms Adewumi.
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