Sr. Philomena Okwu was presented an award of excellence for her outstanding dedication to victims of human trafficking and contribution to anti-human trafficking efforts by Nigeria's Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour.
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United Front Against Human Trafficking: Unveiling of the Countering Human Trafficking Office in Lagos State
11 January 2024: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in another important step towards combating human trafficking, unveiled the Countering Human Trafficking Office in Lagos State. The new office will be utilized by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) as a member of the Lagos State Task Force (STF) on Human Trafficking to coordinate state wide action against trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants and to provide access to victims, their families and friends as well as concerned citizens in support of a whole-of-society effort to tackle this heinous crime.
This initiative is being supported through two UNODC projects, namely on Improved-response-to-trafficking-in-persons (IRTIP) and on Strengthening-Nigeria s criminal just
NACTAL which is the umbrella body of NGOs engaged in advocacy and campaign for children's rights, anti-human trafficking and abuse, with funding from the European Union (EU), is implementing public awareness on prevention of Trafficking in Person (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) in collaboration with FIIAPP.
When Dr. Paul Ezike’s video on the alleged plight of some Nigerians in the Ethiopia’s Kaliti Prisons, Addis Ababa, recently hit the social media space, it