The workshop on managing the health and welfare of victims of human/organ trafficking, child abuse and drug addiction held on 6th and 7th of May 2015 at Julius Berger Lecture Theatre, Univeristy of Lagos has come and gone.  We shall be updating you with some of the take homes of the conference.  You need to know and inform other so that nobody falls  victim to these ploy. The conference had speakers who have practical experiences on the job.  It was kick started by Barr. Omotola Rotimi the Director, Office of the Public Defender.

It is just one day left to our great workshop.  We shall be looking at the identifying mark of a victim.

As we explore this week in our workshop on 6th and 7th May, at Julius Berger Lecture Theatre, University of Lagos, on managing the health and welfare of  a victim's of human/organ trafficking, child abuse and drug addiction, it is important to understand who a victim is?  A victim is a anybody who is lured, coerced, abducted, kidnapped, lied to or misled to engage in or submit to exploitative activities such as prostitution, sexual exploitation and forced labour or other forms of criminal activities e.g.

 One of the sub topics to be loooked at during the workshop is DRUG ADDICTION. Just recently my daughter in a private mission University told me of some students that were expelled from the school on account use of strong drugs. She said that they usually go the ceiling of their hostel to smoke. They have carefully created and arranged a good space up in the roof and constantly viisit there when the urge comes, until it discovered by the school authority and the involving students were all sent home.

As transplant surgeries increase around the world, organ trafficking is on the rise. Organ trafficking no doubt is among the most gruesome and morally reprehensible crimes.  Many more traffickers are going into it. The most worrisome thing is that very young boys and girls particularly those in the universities are lured into donation of their eggs and sperms for a trifling sum. Most donors are not aware of the health implications associated with it. There is usually complications after being exposed to high doses hormones needed for harvesting of ovarian egg/Sperm especially for money.

As people are gradually coming to terms with trafficking in persons, a dangerous trend in trafficking is increasingly  spreading all over the world. It is organ trafficking. Organ trafficking is the trade that involves the sell of human organs like heart, liver, kidney, human egg and sperm. People are lured to abroad with false promises and are convinced or even forced to sell their organs.

It is soothing to hear that the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has passed through the second reading, a bill seeking to end trafficking in persons and sale of new born babies.  The bill if passed into law would end harbouring of pregnant ladies as well as selling or attempting to sell new born babies.  The Law maker Eddie Mbadiwe is proposing a 10-year jail term for the offenders.

We have been a way for a while, but we are coming back with great exciting packages that you will be definitely interested in.  Apart from human trafficking which we strongly talk about, we shall be looking at other areas like personality development, life coaching, counseling, eating and living right with good nutrition and overlooking opportunities inherent in networking.  As we x-ray each segment, you will be richly bleseed.  Come o  as we ride together.     

It was indeed a huge a success as we registered over 450 participants including delegates from 25 public secondary schools in Lagos State and representatives from major government agencies like National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other major parastatals. Also fully represented were corporate partners such as MTN Nigeria, 7UP Bottling Company, Nestle, CWAY, and FPWP Habiscus.