The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has made it mandatory for traveling agents to obtain clearance certificates before embarking on any journey.
NAPTIP Director-General, Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, said this in Abuja on Saturday at a novelty match between the agency football club, and All Stars Football Club, Abuja, to create awareness of trafficking.
She said that the mission of traveling for any agent would be specified in the clearance certificate.
Waziri- Azi added that the clearance certificate would help to reduce trafficking and migration of persons from Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the novelty match was part of the awareness to commemorate the 2022 Day Against Human Trafficking usually celebrated every July 30.
Waziri-Azi said the nexus between sport and the fight against human trafficking was clear, as current trends in human trafficking had been traced to a relationship with sporting activities.
According to her, sports is also an avenue young people are being recruited, they are promised opportunities in other countries, European countries, and traffickers know that young people are very open to any sports opportunity.
