NAPTIP Partners Enugu On Fight Against Trafficking

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is collaborating with state governments across the country to set up Task Forces against human trafficking under the supervision of the state governors.
When set up, the task forces will be chaired by the state Attorney-General in order to  consolidate the efforts of the agency and other stakeholders.
Disclosing this while speaking at the Government House shortly after the inauguration of the task force in Enugu, the Director- General of the agency, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, said that NAPTIP as the focal agency in the fight against human trafficking in Nigeria “is also the implementing agency for the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act 2015, which Enugu State domesticated on May 8,2019”.
The NAPTIP DG, however applauded the state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi  for his administration’s “giant developmental projects” in the state since its his assumption of office in 2015.
NAPTIP also commended him for “your recent consistent support for your frontline health workers to safeguard the lives of the citizens of Enugu State, to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic”.
The NAPTIP boss pointed out that the problems associated with human trafficking as well as irregular migration had become great national concern, “especially with the large number of Nigerians trapped in sexual and labour exploitation in various African and European countries”.
Expressing worries that human trafficking portends danger to human and national security, the NAPTIP DG stressed that “it must be addressed boldly and frontally”.
She therefore, maintained that the state task forces on human trafficking had a pivotal role to play in ensuring adequate sensitization at the grassroots and among vulnerable groups, “providing services and support to victims who have been rescued and returned, as well as information sharing and law enforcement”.

By: Canice Amadi, Enugu