A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Mariam Ashley Yusuf (MAY) Foundation, has reeled out an action plan for its operations in the next one year.
The organization in a statement at the weekend signed by its founder, Mariam Ashley Yusuf, expressed sadness over growing cases of human trafficking across the Nigerian borders.
It classified the plan to include short, medium and long-term which it believes will upscale the campaign against forced labour and sexual exploitations.
“Today, we find the social media rife with the “Japa Syndrome” which these nefarious individuals are using to their advantage. Cases abound of young Nigerian girls being taken to places such as Libya, Lebanon, Oman, Kuwait, Romania, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, etc with promises of well-paying jobs as maids and nannies. Well over 90% of these “jobs” are female escort services and these unsuspecting ladies fall victim.
“We also intend to launch our hotlines so as to be reachable by Nigerians both locally and internationally and social media handles to monitor the cyber-space and blow the whistle for the law enforcement agencies to swing into action where required”, the statement said.
On its long-term plan, the NGO said it would build on short and medium term goals, by actively focusing on law enforcement agencies with tips to assist in the arrest of human traffickers.
The foundation expressed profound gratitude to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for its relentless support in getting rid of human trafficking, forced labour and sexual exploitation in the country.
“Our founder, Mariam Ashley Yusuf is grateful to actively participate in activities marking the 20th anniversary of agency recently, including road walk in Abuja against human trafficking.
“Such partnership we believe are needed to sanitize our society and make it more liveable now and for generations to come,” the statement added.
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