Edo orders stoppage of human trafficking
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this law will also strengthen the task force to adequately deal with the menace of human trafficking1 governor godwin obaseki has ordered the task force on human trafficking and illegal migration to ensure eradication of human trafficking and illegal migration by 20201 the obasekis aide was reacting to the signing of the anti-human trafficking law by the governor in abuja on wednesday1 he said the formal signing of the law which was recently passed by the state house of assembly would send a strong message to the traffickers that it is no longer business as usual1 okoduwa said the signing of the law revealed the commitment of state government in dealing with the scourge1 it is a warning that the traffickers and the management of traffickers when caught would be made to face the music according to the dictate of the law1 we will see that the law works and work to the later. the governor has made it abundantly clear that there will be no mercy to whoever is caught going against the law1 mr solomon okoduwa the senior special adviser to the governor on human trafficking and illegal migration said in benin on monday that that the task force which the governor set up in 2017 has also been mandated to urgenty reduce the menace by 50 per cent before december1 the governors mandate he said was to completely eradicate human trafficking by 2020 reduce it by 50 per cent by the end of this year1 to me the mandate is clear and it is achievable as we remain on course towards the realization he declared1 he said the commitment of the governor is a pointer that human trafficking no longer has a place in edo1 according to okoduwa the monarch of benin oba ewuare ii and the government have taken actions at various times to demonstrate that the business no longer have a place in the state1 the oba has condemned it by publicly placing a curse on traffickers in the state while the government also condemned it in strong term by setting up a task force against the menace1 edo had been described as a hub for human trafficking and illegal migration as the state accounted for more than half of returnees from libya within the last eight months1 according to okoduwa the states libya returnees are more than 3400. nan1