…Demand Better Support for Repatriated Nigerians
By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja
The House of Representatives has renewed its commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s response to human trafficking, calling for closer collaboration among government agencies, international partners and civil society organisations to ensure the safe repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficked Nigerians rescued from Mali and other West African countries.
The call was made on Wednesday at a high-level stakeholders’ technical meeting organised by the House Committee on Humanitarian Services in Abuja.
Chairperson of the Committee, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, said Nigeria must go beyond repatriating trafficking victims by providing sustainable rehabilitation and reintegration programmes that would prevent survivors from falling victim to trafficking again.
