Nigeria: Govt Extends Whistle Blowing Policy to Human Trafficking Cases

23 August 2017

Abuja — The federal government has extended the whistle blowing policy to crimes in trafficking in persons in Nigeria, a move that is believed would encourage people with useful information on activities of suspected traffickers come forward.

The extension was sequel to a request by the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, who had applied to the federal government to extend the policy to issues of human trafficking to encourage people report cases of trafficking in persons and provide information on assets of traffickers to the agency without fear of reprisals.

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