The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Lagos Command, says it has rescued and rehabilitated
The Lagos Zonal Commander, Ganiu Aganran, who disclosed this yesterday, during an awareness campaign walk with partner organisations to mark this year’s World Day Against Human Trafficking in Lagos, said since the creation of the agency in 2003, over 16,000 victims have been rescued.
“We are saying enough is enough; we want to ensure that their voices are heard; we are creating an advocacy group so that we can jointly do a lot for them,” he said.The Founder and Executive Director of Live Abundantly, Dr. Onyerinma Ama, in a podcast titled, ‘Reintegration and Rehabilitation Post Human Trafficking’, to commemorate the day, said the challenge facing the victims is the traumatic experience and the stigma that follows.
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