ANTI-HUMAN
TRAFFICKING ADVOCACY TRAINING
By Devatop
Centre for Africa Development
Sat. 14th
May, 2016
51/52 Ijaye
Street, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos State Nigeria
PRESS
STATEMENT
Over 27 millions of women, girls, men, and boys are currently victims
of human trafficking globally. They are bought and sold into prostitution,
labour exploitation and child pornography. For years, human trafficking has
continued to thrive in shadow and in the silence of others. The worst anyone can do is to keep silent
about human trafficking.
There is an urgent need for more people to be in the forefront of
combating human trafficking, and no one needs to wait until he is directly
affected before speaking out against this evil.
Hence, Devatop Centre for Africa Development and Infinity Foundation
in partnership with National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Words
Worth, Walk Against Rape, etc organized the Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy Training
to boost the fight against human trafficking by equipping participants who will
organize strategic actions against this evil. Participants which include
educators, youth, journalist, media professionals, and civil society
organizations are expected to carry out anti-human trafficking advocacy in
Lagos state and beyond.
According to Joseph Osuigwe, Director Devatop Centre for Africa Development, human trafficking can occur anywhere, in any
community, family, and to anybody. Hence, everyone needs to take part in
combating human trafficking before it penetrates in every family. He pointed
out that it is everyone’s responsibility to combat human trafficking, and if we
don’t do something now, something worst will happen, and more people will fall
victims to human traffickers.
Bar. Emeka Ugwonye, a human right activist, advised the
participants to see human trafficking as a threat to threat to family, youth
development, and economic advancement. He noted that everyone, irrespective of
their family background needs to take part in preventing this scourge.
Kolawole Olufunke, who represented the Zonal Commander
of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, reiterated the commitment
of her agency in collaborating with anybody or organization to bring this
menace to an end.
Nigeria is a source, destination and transit of people
trafficked for sexual and labour exploitation. Millions of Nigerian are
vulnerable to human trafficking as a result of insurgency, community crisis,
poverty, and unemployment.
Joseph Osuigwe Chidiebere
Director,
Devatop Centre for Africa Development
+2348067251727
