BENEDICTA T.D
11/06/23
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has rescued about 1,200 victims of human trafficking, convicted Ten Suspects from 2022 till date in Kaduna State.
The State commander of the Agency, Musa Aliyu stated this during a programme where about Eighty Victims of Human Trafficking benefitted from a free medical outreach in Katsina State aimed at reducing the impact of psychological trauma on victims and returned migrants.
The outreach was carried out under the Strengthening Niger-Nigeria Cooperation on Countering Trafficking in Human Beings project by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons in collaboration with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, ICMPD.
At the program, the Director General of, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi who was represented by the Director of Counselling and Rehabilitation of the Agency, Angela Agbayekhai said the project was necessary to reduce the impact of psychological trauma on Victims of human trafficking and returned migrants.
According to her, the only challenge the agency faces during counseling is the inability of the victims to speak up in the first encounter.
The program assistant of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Adeniyi Bakre said the project was aimed at building the capacity of shelter operators in the identification, care, reception, rehabilitation, and reintegration of victims.
The project is implemented by ICMPD through support from NAPTIP and the National Agency for the Fight against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in the Niger Republic.
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