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| National Coordinator, Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation, Mrs Veronica K. Umaru, during her visit to Media Trust Headquarters in Abuja yesterday. Photo: Abubakar Yakubu |
A nongovernmental organization,
Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) has decried
the increasing rate of internal trafficking in the country saying that
thousands of children are suffering in the hands of their traffickers.
Daily
Trust report continues:
The
group said children were being taken away from their homes to other states to
serve as house-helps or in some cases exploited, used as cheap labour, either
hawking on the street or maltreated.
The
National Coordinator of WOTCLEF, Mrs. Veronica Umaru, who was courtesy visit to
Daily Trust said the organization which was established in 1999 has not fizzled
out like others because of its mandate on trafficking, child labour and
protection of the right of women, children and youth.
According
to her internal trafficking was now trending and unfortunately it is not
getting enough attention as most people only know about external trafficking.
Umaru
said last year the organization rehabilitated 20 trafficked victims made up of
17 girls and three boys within the age of 18 to 22 and also empowered and
reintegrated them back into the society.
While noting that over 500
cases have been treated by the group, she said Edo State has been the hub of
trafficking while Imo, Anambra, Abia and Cross River states also has high
indices.
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