The decision by the National Assembly to repeal the Violence Against Persons Prohibition ACT (VAPP) and the effect it will have on the survivors and society, has brought Civil Society Organisations, Religious Based Organisations and Stakeholders together on a policy dialogue to deliberate on the issue. At the policy dialogue meeting, stakeholders appealed to the National Assembly to get Civil Society Organisations, Partners, Duty Bearers, involved in the discussion so as to make the act more robust instead of just repealing it. The meeting held in abuja by the Side-by-Side Movement for Gender Justice, in collaboration with the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), was supported by Christian Aid and Ford Foundation. Stakeholders at the policy dialogue believe that if the VAPP Act is repealed, it would jeopardise the work of people advocating for gender justice, noting that despite the bill progressing through...
As NAPTIP Arrest An Interstate Human Trafficking Syndicate The renewed onslaught and crackdown on Human Traffickers across the Country by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in synergy with sister Law Enforcement Agencies and other stakeholders, has continued to yield results as a female arrowhead of an interstate human trafficking gang that specialized in the stealing and trafficking of children from one part of Nigeria to the other, has been arrested. It would be recalled that the Director General of NAPTIP, Binta Adamu Bello, upon assumption of Office towards the end of last year, embarked on targeted advocacy visits to other sister Law Enforcement Agencies, Civil Society organizations, and other stakeholders, with an emphasis on improved cooperation, support, and collaboration in the fight against Human Trafficking. The suspect, Hasana Jacob, 33 years old from Mangu Local Government of Plateau State is an alternate female Truc...
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