The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has budgetted N16bn to combat human trafficking, including introducing new initiatives to identify victims and prosecute perpetrators.
This was contained in a National Action Plan on Human Trafficking in Nigeria (2022-2026) obtained by journalists on Wednesday.
According to the document, the five-year national plan, which was launched in 2022, will set the benchmark for interventions by all stakeholders connected to the fight against human trafficking.
According to the document, the total budget for the implementation of the NAP (2022 – 2026) is N15, 657,082,500.
The figure is made up of N14.9bn capital cost, spread across the five thematic areas ; and N740.5m institutional development cost, being five per cent of the total sum.
A further breakdown of the budget shows that the agency will spend N3bn on prosecution of human traffickers; N4bn on offering protection and assistance to victims; while the agency budgeted N1.8bn for research and assessment, data management and statistics/monitoring and evaluation.
