The International Organization for Migration, IOM is embarking on a cross-border roadshow to sensitise people in West African coasts on the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card.
The five-day campaign which took off at Mile-two ECOWAS Motor Park, Lagos was also expected to enlighten transporters plying West African coasts on the fight against human trafficking.
The project, which was jointly funded by ECOWAS Commission and European Union in partnership with National Agency of the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, was in support of Free Movement of Persons and Migration in West Africa.
The banner promoting ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card was unveiled while T-shirts and posters containing information on anti-trafficking were given to the transporters leadership by sponsors.
ECOWAS Director of Free Movement Albert Siaw-Boateng, said that the sensitization campaign would promote the use of the Biometric Identity Card and other valid travel documents to better facilitate mobility throughout the region.
