An estimated 80,000 Nigerian girls and women are living as sex slaves, forced labourers,and in other dehumanizing trades overseas.The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Tolu Akande-Sadipe, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja
According to her, the practice is rife in Lebanon, Mali and across the Middle East.She blamed the Ministries of Foreign Affairs as well as Labour and Employment for the situation, saying that, young Nigerian girls are subjected to modern-day slavery, sexual exploitation and organharvesting, among others.
Fadipe also noted that the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the guise of diplomacy, is working to release a Lebanese trafficker apprehended by the National Agency for Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP) that was alleged to have trafficked about 16 Nigerian girls to Lebanon.
According to her,”Records show that the Lebanese was complicit in trafficking 16 Nigerian girls to Lebanon,in which 10 of them had been repatriated, while the other 6 are yet to be repatriated. He is currently in Ilorin awaiting trial for trafficking.”
