The German Ambassador to Nigeria, His
Excellency Beinhard Schlagheack has commended the National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for the proactive strategies
adopted in the renewed fight against human trafficking and irregular migration
in the country.
The Ambassador said the Republic of
Germany was satisfy that NAPTIP is implementing the content of the bilateral
agreement between his country and NAPTIP
which bothers on countering human
trafficking and irregular migration.
He stated this in Abuja during the
official presentation of working tools to NAPTIP.
It would be recalled that as part of
the supports for the activities of the Agency, the German government had
trained Officers of NAPTIP and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) between 23rd – 27 October, 2018 on “Combating Trafficking in
Human Beings”.
The Envoy who expressed satisfaction
with the current evacuation of stranded Nigerians from Libya and the roles of
NAPTIP in rehabilitating the victims disclosed that the Agency deserves full
support of all stakeholders in all areas of its operations.
He assured NAPTIP of the sustained
support of Germany to the Agency.
In her response, Director General of
NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah- Donli, expressed appreciation to the Government of
Germany for the donation of the operational tools saying that the equipment
will go a long way to boost the operations of the Agency.
She disclosed that already the Agency
in line with its renewed efforts aimed at tackling incidence of human
trafficking in the country, has secured conviction
of three human traffickers in the month of January, 2018 adding that had times
await traffickers in Nigeria,
She solicited for more supports in
the areas of capacity building for operatives of the Agency, rehabilitation of
victims of human trafficking, awareness creation and other areas,
Highpoint of the ceremony was the
formal handling over of the items to the NAPTIP Director – General by the
Ambassador.
Items donated included 6 Amcrest IP Cameras, 24 Digital Voice Recorder,
5 HP All - in - one Desktop, 5 Asus Laptops, 4 Epson Projectors, 2 Creative
Suite Software, 3 HP Desktop Colour Printer Copier, Scanner and 4 Sony HDR
Video recording Camcorder.
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