I saw this very disturbing news at www.leadership.ng, a Nigerian news website, and i wonder why the authorities and non-governmental organizations are not showing concern to the plight of these girls. If they are not rescued soon, they will be forced to undertake the dangerous journey across the sea by boat to Spain, and this may lead to the death of most of them.
NEWS:
"It has been a year since the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) lamented its inability to rescue tens of thousands of Nigerian girls in Mali and neighbouring African countries. According to the NAPTIP, there are over 20,000 Nigerian girls trafficked to Mali and held against their will in slavish conditions and forced to work as prostitutes.
Following increasing reports from preachers and aid workers over the plight of these girls, NAPTIP sent a fact-finding mission late last year and discovered that the situation was far worse than was reported".
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