United Nations (UN) yesterday said over one million Nigerians were victims of human trafficking and forms of contemporary slavery, including forced marriage.
UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Giammarinaro, who spoke at
a media parley where she shared the manifestation of human trafficking and challenges in the country, said lack of availability of Nigeria’s wealthy GDP per capita and abundant resources to the common citizen was one of the factors that promoted migration, hence it increased the risk of trafficking.
She listed displacement, economic and gender inequality, toxic traditional beliefs and practices, poverty and unemployment as causes of human trafficking and the migration that led to it.
“l"Nigeria is also Africa’s largest oil producer and ranks sixth in the world, with 2.5 million of oil produced every day.
"Yet, as per the National Bureau of Statistics, 64 per cent of Nigerians live below the poverty line and trafficking in persons continues unabated.
"With the wealth and political leverage it has been generating, the government cannot be seen to leave its people behind."
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