Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo has inaugurated a two-day Consultative Meeting on Prostitution in Anambra.

The parley organized by National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP in collaboration with Palladium Scale and Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labor is being attended by representatives of Non-governmental Organizations from Anambra, Anambra State Association of Town Unions, ASATU women executives, security agencies among others with the aim of addressing the high rate of trafficking in persons in the state and South-East.

Speaking at the event, Mrs Obinabo appreciated National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for its collaboration with the Ministry since the government of Professor Chukwuma Soludo came on board and assured of continued support even as she advice participants to always report any trafficking activity in their neighborhood for prompt intervention.

Speaking during the consultative meeting, the Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, represented by Director, Training and Manpower Development of the agency, Mr Arinze Orakwue, said that the issue of child trafficking must be given the right attention, with recent statistics indicating sharp increase in such cases noting that National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons is committed to activating lasting partnership with Anambra State and the south east to eliminate the ugly trend.

Others who spoke including the National President, Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour in Nigeria Abdulganyu Abubakar and the Social Protection Advisor USAID SCALE project Barrister Eric Umoru explained that the agency is taking every necessary step to check cases of trafficking in persons in the South-East urging participants to implement the knowledge garnered in the course of the meeting to help reduce trafficking to the barest minimum.

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