The Jigawa Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says it has rescued 221 victims of human trafficking in the state in two years.
The agency’s Commander in the state, Abdulladir Turajo, disclosed this at a one-day sensitisation campaign against human trafficking in Kazaure on Friday.
According to Turajo, the victims were rescued and reunited with their respective families after the establishment of the command in July 2023.
He added that the command has also, within the period, recorded two convictions and conducted 175 sensitisation programmes in various communities, schools, places of worship, motor parks and markets across the state.
DAILY POST reports that the exercise was organised in partnership with Jigawa State Ministry for Local Government and Community Development.
The campaign is part of the aggressive zonal grassroots sensitisation campaign for critical stakeholders in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state, to be conducted in three phases.
According to the commander, the programme will be conducted in three phases. The one held today (Friday) in Kazaure, being the first phase, is for 12 LGAs from Jigawa Northwest.
“The second will be conducted in Hadejia for the eight LGAs of Jigawa Northeast Zone, and the last in Dutse for the seven LGAs of Jigawa Southwest Zone, respectively,” he said.
