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Alkali, Bukar, and Ansari, Exploding the Role of Religious Institutions in Combating Child Traficking in Nigeria
the ight against traficking in persons by passing into law a special law dedicated to the ight against
traficking in persons and establishment of NAPTIP which has recorded huge success in the ight against
human traficking in recent years.
A child according to the Convention on the Right of the Child and the Child’s Right Act is any
person below the age of 18 years. As a vulnerable human being, children easily fall victims of human
traficking through deception or by duress. Children traficked from Nigeria are often taken to European
countries and some Arab countries like Saudi Arabia. The trafickers of these children often take
this illegal activity as a form of business and it involves a lot of agents.
The NSCIA and the CAN are two formidable religious organizations that enjoy followership
from up to 90 of Nigerians. They are highly respected by their followers and by the government.
The use of these organizations in the ight against child traficking will deinitely yield great results.
These bodies can use admonishment, sanctions,
monitoring and the sharing of information with the appropriate authorities as means of achieving
positive results.
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Tanko, Bauna Peter, 1991, The Christian Association of Nigeria and the Challenge of
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