The Home of Representatives Thursday referred to as on the Federal Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Discount, and Overseas Affairs, in addition to NAPTIP, to develop a complete repatriation and reintegration framework for Nigerian victims of human trafficking.
The Home additionally urged the Federal Ministry of Works to allocate particular intervention funding for the repatriation, rehabilitation and empowerment of trafficked Nigerian women in 2027 finances.
It additional mandated its Committee on Humanitarian Companies to collaborate with different related committees to conduct a complete investigation into the present standing of Nigerian women trafficked to Mali and different West African nations.
This adopted a movement by Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, who famous that there have been worrisome rise within the trafficking of Nigerian women and younger girls to Mali and different West African nations, particularly for sexual exploitation and compelled labour.
“She mentioned whereas the trafficking of adults has endured for over a decade regardless of the efforts of NAPTIP, “traffickers, having grow to be conscious of the dangers, have now diverted their consideration to kids as younger as 10- year- previous.”
She submitted that efficient repatriation and reintegration require a multi-agency method involving medical and psychosocial help, vocational empowerment and sustainable reintegration programmes.