{"id":347343,"date":"2025-08-01T01:16:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T00:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=347343"},"modified":"2025-08-31T18:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:39:11","slug":"nsc-partners-naptip-against-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=347343","title":{"rendered":"NSC Partners NAPTIP Against Human Trafficking\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Nigerian Shippers\u2019 Council (NSC) says it would partner with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Money Management Series (MMS) to eliminate human trafficking at Nigeria\u2019s waterways.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Council, as the nation\u2019s Port Economic Regulator, also affirmed its readiness to boost surveillance and collaborate with NAPTIP and MMS owards this end.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of NSC, Dr. Akutah Pius, stated that the\u00a0 Council is commitment to supporting the fight against human trafficking, particularly stowaway and related crimes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He assured NAPTIP and MMS of the Council\u2019s readiness to provide necessary support to actualize their aspirations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Earlier, the Director, NAPTIP, Binta Adamu Bello, highlighted the importance of strategic partnerships with agencies such as the NSC in preventing and reporting trafficking activities at the country\u2019s waters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She commended the NSC\u2019s role in overseeing critical gateways to the nation\u2019s trade and transport system.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also Speaking, a member of the Women of Fortune Hall of Fame (WOFHoF) initiative, Hajia Lami Tumaka, cited a report by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that the global shipping industry lost $8.9 million to 364 stowaways between February 2020 and February 2021.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statistic, she said, underscores the need for collaborative efforts to combat human trafficking.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The NSC, NAPTIP, and MMS are set to work together to strengthen surveillance and prevent human trafficking at Nigeria\u2019s waterways.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;This partnership aims to protect the nation\u2019s trade and transport system from the scourge of human trafficking&#8221;, Tumaka said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By: Stories by Chinedu Wosu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Shippers\u2019 Council (NSC) says it would partner with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Money Management Series (MMS) to eliminate human trafficking at Nigeria\u2019s waterways. The Council, as the nation\u2019s Port Economic Regulator, also affirmed its readiness to boost surveillance and collaborate with NAPTIP and MMS owards this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347364,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347343\/revisions\/347364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/347363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}