Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said this while speaking to Channelstv on the recent report of a slave market in Libya.
Dabiri-Erewa urged Nigerians to report human traffickers in the society, as the Federal government’s whistleblower policy against human trafficking will ensure that those that give credible information about human traffickers are handsomely rewarded.
“Traffickers must be prosecuted, must be arrested and they must be known. There is a whistle-blower policy by NAPTIP; report traffickers, they are amongst you,” she said.
She recalled the warning issued to Nigerians by the government asking them to avoid travelling through Libya because of the dangers involved.
“NEMA, my office, IOM told Nigerians that avoid Libya, it is deadly, it is dangerous, don’t go there. Also on the news, you have cases of Nigerians being brought back from Libya on a regular basis. So Nigeria has been bringing back its citizens from Libya,” she said.
According to her, her office, NEMA, IOM and other agencies have warned against illegal migration through Libya.
Speaking further, she said “You can imagine the dangerous journey. Walking about 3,000 kilometers that’s flying for about three hours if you are going to Europe. This might be attributed to poverty.
Yes, the government must do the needful by creating enabling environment and jobs but it goes beyond that.
What do you say of a mother who sells her land and pays off $4,000 for her daughter to go to Europe? We should look at the family value and the systems. For every person who goes on that journey, a trafficker is being empowered, a trafficker is getting richer,” she said
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