“The reports also quoted the governor as accusing the agency of not properly guiding the Federal Government on packages for evacuated victims from Libya. “It is important to state clearly that the allegations by the Edo State Government are far from the truth,” the statement read in part. NAPTIP said that failure to provide this assistance by the states defeated the essence of the federal government’s timely and capital-intensive intervention. It therefore urged the Edo government to work harmoniously with the agency, noting that lack of cooperation between the state government and NAPTIP can affect the victims. The agency is federal government’s focal agency on human trafficking.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2018 06:00 UTC