The British government, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC, Switzerland and the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies, have all commended Nigeria’s progress in the fight against human trafficking.
The achievements which the international community says has been recorded through the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP, has led to the government’s collaboration with several countries to stem the scourge of human trafficking in the country.
Regional capacity building manager, British High Commission, Tim Galvin said that the British government will continue to support NAPTIP in the excellent work that it is doing.
He said that the achievements recorded by the agency in the last 15 years of its creation is impressive and his government has been working with the agency in pursuing criminals involved in trafficking and its prevention.
Galvin said this in Abuja, at the 24th stakeholders’ consultative forum on combating human trafficking.
