Trafficking: DG seeks speedy approval of infused TIP curricula

THE Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Julie Okah-Donli, has called for the speedy approval of the Trafficking in Persons infused curricula for Basic and Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria.

She said that a speedy approval by the Federal Government through the National Council on Education (NCE) would go a long way in addressing issues of prevention of the crime from an early age.

She made the call during a strategic meeting with the management of the Nigeria Educational Research Development Council (NERDC).

The meeting was also part of her familiarisation visit to the agency’s partners and stakeholders. The agency and NERDC have worked together in the infusion of trafficking in persons issues into the curricula of primary and secondary schools in Nigeria.

Okah-Donli commended the  council for its collaborative effort with NAPTIP towards mainstreaming human trafficking issues into the school curricula which she stressed would go a long way in preventing the crime of human trafficking.

She, however, noted that any delay in the approval of the new infused curricula might  become a clog in the wheel of her plan to tackle human trafficking from the root through the schools across the country.

She assured the Council that all necessary steps would be taken to put in place all necessary requirements for a proper implementation of the new curricula.