Plateau state governor,Simon Lalong
Plateau State Governor, SimonLanlong has lamented the rising cases of human trafficking in the country, especially exploitation of persons with disability.
He recommended that concerted efforts need to be made to ensure that Nigerians are protected irrespective of their status and tribe.
He made spoke today, Tuesday in Abuja during the reunion of a disabled girl, (Name withheld) who is a survivor of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
The governor who was tepresented by the Executive Director of the Plateau State Disability Right Commission, Mr. James David Lalu, commended NAPTIP for its laudable efforts in protecting Nigerian from human traffickers and other form of exploitation.
He identified awareness creation as key to preventing human trafficking and promised to support the Agency in this regard. He also promised to provide the necessary platform for NAPTIP to sensitize citizens of the state especially those in the grassroots on the dangers of human trafficking.
The Director General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, said that every Nigerian has the right to be protected from any form of abuse and exploitation irrespective of their status.
The NAPTIP boss observed that it is painful to imagine that physically challenged persons are victims of human trafficking stressing that the Agency will no more tolerate this development.
She said that in order to efficiently care for the persons with disability, she has concluded plan to create a disability desk bearing in mind numbers of such person that have been rescued by the Agency of recent.
It would be recalled that the said victim was lured out of school and trafficked to Chad, Cameroon and later Gabon where she was eventually rescued.[myad]
