The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has called for stronger joint efforts to stop human trafficking in Jigawa State.
The state commander of NAPTIP, Abdulkadir Turajo, made the appeal on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse.
Turajo urged elected officials, local government chairmen and other key stakeholders in the northwest zone to work closely with the agency. He said their involvement would help strengthen ongoing campaigns against trafficking.
He said, “I wish to call on elected representatives and local government chairmen from the zone and other parts of the state, to join hands with NAPTIP to expand its just concluded sensitisation.”
Turajo added that the command was already collaborating with the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to train community leaders who had earlier received sensitisation.
He said, “The command is in touch with the ministry of local government and community development, to support capacity building training for the earlier sensitised community leaders and stakeholders, for effective counter-trafficking operations in the state.”
The commander also thanked Governor Umar Namadi for supporting NAPTIP since the command was set up in 2023.
According to Turajo, the agency recently carried out a zonal sensitisation campaign across the 27 local government areas of the state. The exercise was conducted in three phases between November 7 and November 18.
He said the campaign was necessary because Jigawa remains a key route used by traffickers due to its position along international corridors.
Turajo said, “This initiative served as an avenue through which critical stakeholders from all parts of the state were brought together and sensitised on the dangers and consequences associated with human trafficking.
“They were also educated and reminded of their expected roles in curbing the menace in their respective communities and beyond.”
He urged residents not to look away but to support NAPTIP’s efforts to stop human trafficking and gender based violence in the state.
