Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola
Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has cautioned travel agencies never to engage in trafficking and smuggling into the country or outside the nation.
He made the call during a joint stakeholders dialogue on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) on Wednesday in Abuja.
Aregbesola, who was represented by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, said any travel agency found wanting of such crime would be blacklisted to serve as a deterrent to others. x
On his part, Babandede called for more robust collaboration between NIS and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to push the war against trafficking.