80,000 Nigerians Abroad Held As Sex Slaves, Labourers – Reps
July 24, 2020
4:27 am
The House of Representatives says 80,000 Nigerians are currently held as sex slaves and in forced labour across the world.
During plenary on Thursday, Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora, Tolu Akande-Sadipe, said majority were in Lebanon, Mali and across the Middle East.
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She condemned the complacency of Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Labour and Employment.
Sadipe alerted that the Foreign Affairs Ministry, under the guise of diplomacy, was working to release alleged Lebanese trafficker, Wafic Mohammed Hamza.
Hamza was apprehended by National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking
