Nigeria Partners Burkina Faso, to end Human Trafficking
The governments of Nigeria and Burkina Faso have recorded another feat in their concerted determination to tackle issues of human trafficking with the active involvement of neighboring countries, as the two West African countries just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Burkina Faso to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons especially women and children.
The legal instrument designed to unleash intense heat on human traffickers and their cohort operating within the corridors of the two countries was signed in Abuja at the climax of the 3rd Nigeria /Burkina Faso Joint Commission held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja and was witnessed by an array of dignitaries from both Counties including the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr. Fatima Waziri – Azi.
The development came a few weeks after a similar agreement was signed between Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of Niger.
