The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other related offences (NAPTIP) has rescued 16,277 victims of human trafficking in the country.
The Director-General of the NAPTIP, Alhaji Bashir Garba Muhammad, said at the inauguration of the Jigawa State task force on human trafficking that since the creation of the agency in 2003, it had succeeded in rescuing the victims.
Muhammad explained that out of the number, 14,474 persons were Nigerians, among them 172 from Jigawa State.
“We have rescued 16,277 human trafficking victims out of which 14,474 are Nigerians.
“The problem of human trafficking has become of national and international concern especially with the large number of Nigeriains trapped in sexual and labour exploitation in various Africans and European countries.
“We are collaborating with state governor’s to strengthen the joint effort to stem the evils of human trafficking and irregular migration in the country,” he said..
Inaugurating the committee, Gov. Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State promised to provide the necessary assistance to address human trafficking in the state. ##
