The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Binta Bello on Thursday urged Principals of secondary schools in Ogun State to join forces with the agency in combating the challenge of human trafficking in the country.
She described human trafficking as the second highest organised transnational crime after drug trafficking and it is estimated globally to generate about $150bn annually, further stating that Ogun State is one of the endemic states for this criminal act, and called on secondary school principals and administrators to embrace the agency’s initiative deployed to tackle this menace.
The DG who was represented by the Director of Research and Programme Development, NAPTIP, Mr. Josiah Emerole made this call at a two-day training held in Abeokuta for selected 50 Principals of secondary schools who equally double as the Coordinators of Anti-Trafficking Vanguard Clubs in their respective schools. The two-day training was organised in collaboration with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development.
