Women
Ministry, NAPTIP To Collaborate On Fight Against Trafficking, Prostitution
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has promised to collaborate with National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to tackle human trafficking, prostitution and child labour in the country.
The information is in a statement issued by Mr Shehu Maikai, the Director of Press of the ministry, yesterday.
Maikai stated that Tallen made the promise when the Director General of NAPTIP, Mrs Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, paid a solidarity visit to the ministry.
He quoted the minister as saying “women and children are the worse hit in the area of human trafficking, hence the promulgation of the the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act and the Child Rights Act.
“If NAPTIP and the ministry work together, both organ-isations would be in better position to checkmate incidences of women trafficking, prostitution and child labour.”
The NAPTIP boss also said that the collaboration would be in areas of economic empowerment for women and children; training of personnel and advocacy visits.