The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs have signed a deal to rehabilitate victims of human trafficking.
The agreement was reached in Abuja, during a visit by the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, to NAPTIP Headquarters.
The rehabilitation deal will kickstart with the 10 Nigerian girls recently trafficked to Ghana for sexual exploitation. The girls were later rescued.
NAPTIP’s Director-General, Fatima Waziri-Azi, thanked Kennedy-Ohanenye for the visit and her support toward sustaining the fight against human trafficking.
Fatima said that the agency was proactive in carrying out its mandates and had successfully convicted 29 human traffickers this year.
According to her, NAPTIP is in touch with the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, adding that Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana had been rescued and are safe.
