Anambra state Governor’s wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo has called for stronger actions to checkmate human trafficking in Anambra State.
Mrs Soludo who called for both societal and political will to put an end to the crime said the statistics on human trafficking in the state was high and portrays a huge threat.
Mrs Soludo stated this when she received the leadership of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Anambra State Command, at the Governor’s Lodge, Awka the state capital.
The visit was to seek closer collaboration to implement the recently assented action plan on human trafficking in Anambra State, and to get leading stakeholders involved in the main process.
Mrs Soludo lamented that mostly children are caught as victims of human trafficking in Anambra State, and reassured her readiness to lead the front in the campaign.
The Governor’s wife further stated that her husband’s administration is doing a lot through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare to save and rehabilitate trafficked persons, as well as intercept the culprits.
She called on the federal government to show more commitment to the task.
The Anambra State Commdant of NAPTIP, Mrs Juliet Ibadin Chukwu, commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for assenting the National Action Plan on Human Trafficking for Anambra State.
She however called for implementation of the planand also appealed for better collaboration with the state government in the area of logistics, pointing out the need to have a centralized rehabilitation home for those saved from trafficking, especially children and girls.
Mrs Chukwu noted that in 2022, a total of eighty-five trafficking cases have been recorded in Anambra State, with eighty-one persons involved.
