Human trafficking: Edo government to build permanent shelter for victims

macfranc007 February 17, 2018 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 Adeola Opeyemi

- Edo state government is set to build permanent shelters for victims of human trafficking in the state

- The government said building the facilities will help fast-track rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking

- The centre will serve to harmonise several activities and campaigns against irregular migration and human trafficking

Edo government says it will construct permanent shelter for indigenes of the state among victims of human trafficking and irregular migration currently being returned to the country.

Mrs Abieyuwa Onyemwense, Secretary of Edo Taskforce on Anti-Human Trafficking, disclosed this to newsmen in Benin on Friday.

NAN reports that Onyemwense said that the facility was necessary to fast-track the state government’s short, medium and long-term objectives of rehabilitating and reintegrating the returnees into the society.

According to her, we are looking at building permanent shelters for the returnees. It is one of the initiatives of Edo government to see an end to this menace; with that, we can do so much.

“The centre will serve to harmonise several activities and campaigns against irregular migration and human trafficking,’’ she said.

Onyemwense said that the government’s plans for receiving the returnees included medicals, payment of stipends, capacity-building and provision of starter-packs, reunion with families and regular monitoring and follow-ups.

“The returnees need a lot of guidance; we have a security team that does background checks right from when we receive them at the airports,’’ she said.

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NAIJ.com previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, February 2, met with Governor Godwin Obaseki in a closed doors meeting at the presidential villa to discuss the issue of human trafficking and illegal migration common in Edo state.

Aftre the meeting, Governor Obaseki, who spoke with the State House correspondent said he came to visit the president to discuss two critical issues bothering the state with him and ask for the help of the federal government.

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