hehehehe.............A Special Federal Government of Nigeria delegation departed Abuja on Wednesday
for Tripoli, the Libyan Capital on a facts finding mission on the level
of the enslavement of Nigerians in that country and to plan the mass
evacuation of Nigerians trapped in the North African Country.
The
delegation which is led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey
Onyeama, included the Director-General of the National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli,
and the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Diaspora Matters,
Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa amongst others.
The delegation which departed the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 9.20am were onboard the Nigeria Air force Flight N5FGS.
A
statement issued by Josiah Emerole, Head, Press and Public Relations
(NAPTIP) said that the Facts Finding mission will among other things
engage with the Libyan Authorities, Nigerian officials and citizens
living in Libya as well as International organisations working on
migration issues in Libya.
It
will be recalled that following reports of the enslavement of Nigerian
Migrants in Libya which has raised a lot of concerns in the country,
President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the evacuation of all Nigerians
trapped in the North African Country back to Nigeria. He also set up
team led by the Foreign Affairs Minister to work out modalities for
carrying out the mass evacuation.
Since
then, a number of high level meetings have been held amongst various
Federal Government Agencies. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has also
presided over some of those meetings.
For
the NAPTIP Director-General said the Agency is ready to assist victims
of human trafficking who will be amongst those returning to Nigeria to
get properly reintegrated back into the Nigerian Society.
"Our Counsellors are fully ready to receive the returnees and give them the needed psychosocial Assistance for proper reintegration into the society. We will also help them with all the necessary tools to sustain themselves including vocational training and education assistance. This will be done with assistance from Government, Corporate bodies and the international organisations. This is not the time for anybody to stand aloof and watch the Federal Government alone do it. All hands must be on deck now, because doing nothing will affect all of us," she said.
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