Human trafficking is emerging as a wider threat to Nigeria’s human capital and economic development, with the Civil Society Organisation for Conflict Resolution in Nigeria (CS-CRIN) calling for stronger community-based prevention, responsible media reporting and closer institutional collaboration to curb the crime in Kano State.
Aremu Adeniyi, executive director, CS-CRIN, said the fight against trafficking could no longer be left solely to law enforcement agencies, arguing that communities, the media, civil society organisations and other institutions must play more active roles in preventing recruitment and protecting vulnerable people.
Adeniyi spoke in Kano during a one-day media briefing organised under the “Strengthening Community Resilience and Institutional Capacity to Address Human Trafficking in Kano State, Nigeria” project.
The initiative, implemented by CS-CRIN with funding support from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime through its Resilience Fund, brings together the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), media practitioners, community structures, paralegals and other stakeholders involved in the prevention and response to human trafficking.
