Delta State Union President charges govt agencies to educate Nigerians on ills of trafficking, prostitution

The Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Community in Cote d’Ivoire, Chief Davidson Ogbu has charged the Nigerian government especially its agencies to live up to their responsibility in the fight against human trafficking and prostitution.

He made this call in an exclusive interview with the Nigerian Community Media Team last Friday in his magnificent home in Abidjan.

The man who also doubles as the President of the Delta State Union in Cote d’Ivoire and who is very passionate about Nigerian affairs said one of the contributing factors to human trafficking is lack of education and enlightenment on the parts of the youths and their parents.

His words, “There are a lot Nigerian government can do, it is about policies. Where are these girls being trafficked passing? They are definitely passing through our borders. We have Nigeria Customs Service, we have Nigeria Immigration Service, and others, that is one. Then two, education. There is need for proper education amongst the youth especially the young girls and also their parents.”

Chief Ogbu also charged the federal government to make life easier for Nigerians back home as the economic is biting hard on them which is indirectly putting pressure on Nigerians in diaspora while also urging them to come up with solutions that will help to alleviate the suffering of the people.

He said, “The federal government also needs to make life easier for Nigerians, let’s tell ourselves the truth. Americans are not coming to Nigeria to prostitute neither are other countries coming to Nigeria to prostitute. It is we Nigerians that are going to other countries. So there is need for us to find home-grown solution. Our government needs to be up and doing.

Lastly, the Delta State-Born Businessman urged the federal government to take stringent measures to punish traffickers so that they can be deterred from the business while also calling on other government agencies to collaborate to make the fight a success. “If people see that traffickers are being prosecuted, a lot of people will be scared to get into that kind of business.

“The bulk falls on the federal government; they have to enact a law that will go a long way to curtail these human trafficking activities. They should ensure that people are being jailed. For instance, if a person traffics a child and goes to prison for 20 years, people will be deterred from such business. All the government agencies – NAPTIP, Nigerians in Diaspora, Nigeria Immigration, and others at the borders should collaborate to make sure that this menace is reduced to the barest minimum,” he concluded.