A non-governmentalrganization, African Law Foundation , has expressed concern over the alarming rate of irregular migration and human trafficking in Nigeria, especially among the youths.
Speaking in Enugu during the official lunch of Mukosolu Chinwike – Okereke African Migration Advocacy project , a regional advocacy initiative of AFRILAW, established in honour of his late Nigerian Immigration Service officer wife, Mrs. Uzoamaka Okereke who died in 2020, the NGO boss, said the project is aimed at promoting dignity, safe and orderly migration in Nigeria and across Africa.
He disclosed that under the program, “we will be advocating for effective implementation and compliance with the Protocols to prevent, surpass, and punish Trafficking in persons, especially women and children. Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational organized crime in Nigeria, and the trafficking in persons enforcement and Administration Act 2015.