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NAPTIP Setting Up West Africa Regional Training Academy In Nasarawa State

By Abel Leonard/ Lafia

Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has disclosed plans to establish a regional training academy for the entire West Africa in Nasarawa State.

Director General of NAPTIP, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim,discloses this when she led her team on a courtesy call at the Lafia Government House, Monday.

The Dg. commended Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, for supporting the agency carry out its mandate, specifically for accepting the agency establish its regional training academy, which will service the whole of West Africa.

Hajiya Imaan explained that she was in Nasarawa State, to team up with the government, to stem the twin evil of human trafficking and irregular migration in the state and across the country, added that NAPTIP is collaborating with the state governments, to set-up taskforce under the supervision of the state governors, to further consolidate to the efforts of the agency.

According to her, and “as part of the efforts, NAPTIP is setting up to three state taskforce in Nasarawa, Benue and Plateau within the week. Part of the reason for the visit of the NAPTIP DG, was to witness the inauguration of the 19-member Nasarawa State taskforce on human trafficking.

In a swift response, Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, expressed appreciation for the NAPTIP to select Nasarawa as location for its regional training academy, stressing that the state deserves to host such facility mostly because of her proximity to the federal capital.

Sule While assuring NAPTIP of the continued support by his administration, added that his government is already looking for a site to carry out the project in Karu Local Government Council, assured that once the land is made available, government will immediately fence it for the agency.

Speaking on the mandate of the agency, Engr. Sule promised to reach out to his governor colleagues, to understand the importance of the protection of children, women and protection against rape, informing the delegation from the agency that already, the state has death penalty to serve as deterrent to would-be rapists, even as he restated the commitment of his administration to fight the evil.

“In Nasarawa State, we already signed the anti-rape law last year and we have already started working on that. We have also signed both the child’s protection and violence against women laws,” he said.

His Excellency made it practically clear that with such laws in place, the state government is ready to work with NAPTIP to
Inaugurate the state taskforce on human trafficking, expressed confidence that the committee will be active as it goes about its responsibilities.

The taskforce will be headed by the state Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice as Chairman, while the Zonal Commandant of NAPTIP will serve as Co-Chairman.

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