TraffickingFrom the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Madrid, Spain, came yesterday a declaration that the burgeoning trafficking in persons and smuggling of illegal migrants by Nigerians strongly reinforces the need for the restructuring of the country.
According to Vice President General of the group, Chief Ferdinand Ezejiofor
Akpusi, restructuring the country would encourage
industrialisation and ultimately lead to job creation that could
discourage illegal migration by youths for greener pastures with its
attendant negative consequences.
This is as economic and political marginalisation of youths in the country were also blamed for the migration and the sad situation where hundreds of Nigerians are reportedly sold as slaves in Libya, even as the United Nations has been urged to pressurise the Nigerian government to tackle social issues that cause migration.
Human trafficking, illegal migration reinforce calls for restructuring
