The Delta State House of Assembly has called for memoranda from stakeholders on a bill for law to prohibit all forms of human trafficking in the state.
The call for memoranda from critical stakeholders is sequel to the public hearing on the bill scheduled for coming Monday, 9th September 2024.
The public hearing being organized by the Assembly Committee on Housing, Women Affairs, Girl Child Entrepreneur and Humanitarian Support Services, is to hold at the Press Center, State Assembly Complex, Okpanam road, Asaba, beginning at 10 o’clock in the morning.
A statement by the Chairman Assembly Committee on Housing, Women Affairs, Girl Child Entrepreneur and Humanitarian Support Services, Hon Bridget Anyafulu, said inputs from critical stakeholders is key to the enactment of the proposed law.
The statement reads, “The public is hereby informed that at the Delta State House of Assembly sitting on Wednesday, 3rd July, 2024, the Delta State Human Trafficking (Prohibition) Bill, 2024 was read the second time and committed to the House Committee on Housing, Women
Affairs, Girl Child Entrepreneur and Humanitarian Support Services for scrutiny.
“Pursuant of its mandate, the Committee will welcome written contributions on
the Bill from interested organizations such as, Ministry of Justice, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Adviser to the Governor on Human Trafficking Matters, Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Community Support Services and Girl Child Development, Ministry of Youth Development, and Ministry of Information.
“Others include the Delta State Job & Wealth Creation Office, Delta State Orientation Bureau, the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Immigration Service, Department of State Security (DSS), Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Traditional Rulers’ Council, NGO’s that specialize in counter-trafficking of persons, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Directorate of Peace and Security and the general public”.
Hon Anyafulu who represents Oshimili South Constituency in the House in the statement, said all memoranda should be in ten copies enclosed in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Committee marked “Delta State Human Trafficking Prohibition Bill” and forwarded to reach the Clerk of the Committee on or before close of work on Monday, 9th September, 2024.
“The Committee also wishes to invite interested organizations and the general
public to its public hearing on Monday, 9th September, 2024 at 10:00am at the Press
Centre, Assembly Complex, Asaba”, the Lawmaker stated.