Reps call for end to “baby factories” in Nigeria
The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to forestall the activities of baby factories through effective intelligence gathering and dissemination of information.The motion was titled “Need to Address the Menace of Baby Factories in Nigeria”.Report on Nigeria in 2006 drew attention to the existence of baby factories in the country.
According to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation report, human trafficking is the third most common heinous crime ravaging Nigeria after financial fraud and drug trafficking. Moving the motion, Mr Prestige said the extremely poor and vulnerable teen girls and ladies see such homes as veritable opportunities for redressing their economic misfortunes by selling their babies for peanuts.
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