Human trafficking: Activist wants government to protect girl-child from abuses
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Trafficking
By Ajibola Olaniyi
Osogbo, Oct. 13, 2016 (NAN) The Executive Director of Girl-Child Rights Awareness Initiative, Mrs Tope Awe, has called on the three tiers of governments to protect the girl-child from all forms abuse.
Awe made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, when he spoke on the surge of human
trafficking in Africa, particularly Nigeria.
She said the menace of human trafficking, most especially as it affects the girl-child could be regarded as a crime against humanity, which requires global efforts to put it in check.
According to her, many callous and unscrupulous elements now found a good business in trafficking young girls abroad to be used as sex slaves and subject them to other inhuman treatment.
“It is indeed a paradox that those who needed to be protected and treated with care are now being treated with disdain and callousness all in the name of money.
“It is unfortunate that many of the young girls are now vulnerable to sex slavery and hard labour in the hands of those criminals that posed as messiah to them and promised them better life.
Our society is so polarised that instead of increasing the degree of exportation of domestic goods to boast the economy, it is the
exportation of innocent children that some individuals do as business.
“Until the government rise up against this madness and use legislation to deter the perpetrators, there is looming danger ahead for the nation, as nation’s motherhood is being destroyed.
“Every nation that worth its salt jealously protect its motherhood for the purpose of continuity and nation-building, it is one issue that needs to be taken seriously by government,’’ she said. (NAN)
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Edited by Tola Okinbaloye//Felix Nwadioha