Kaduna Govt Inaugurates Task Force On Human Trafficking

The Acting Governor promised that Kaduna State Government will continue to work hand in hand with NAPTIP and other partners to find ways to conquer this scourge.The Chair of the Task Force and the Commissioner of Justice A’isha Dikko, called on all relevant agencies and citizens to support the Task Force in its assignment, adding that Kaduna state had earlier enacted laws like the Child Welfare and Protection Law, Street Hawking and Begging Law to curb the scourge.

The Director General of NAPTIP, Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi said 75% of trafficking in persons in Nigeria occurs across state lines while 23% percent takes place within the state. According to her, NAPTIP is working to give effect to the decision of the National Economic Council meeting of 24January 2013, mandating states to strengthen national response to human trafficking at the sub-national levels.

“This is why NAPTIP is collaborating with state governments to set up Task Forces against human trafficking under the supervision of state governors, in order to consolidate the efforts of the agency and other stakeholders,” she said. Dr Waziri-Azi noted that the Task Forces will coordinate all the issues of trafficking in persons at the subnational levels in terms of prevention, awareness creation for our young people in urban areas and in the rural areas and also to provide support to victims of trafficking.

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