Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu
Dogara, is leading Nigerian delegation to Italy to discuss women empowerment
and the fight against human trafficking.
The visit is coming on the heels of the death of 26
Nigerian women in the Mediterranean sea who lost their lives while trying to
cross to Europe.
The Italian government had extended invitation to
the Speaker to attend an international conference on ‘Women empowerment and the
fight against trafficking in persons: The Partnership between Nigeria and Italy’
which will take place in Rome.
This is sequel to the official visit of the
President of Italian Chamber of Deputies, Ms. Laura Boldrini, to the Speaker in
May 2017.
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, and Director General of National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP),
Ms Julie Okah-Donli, are among the delegation.
The Nigerian delegation are billed to attend the conference
on the invitation of the Italian Parliament who are seeking partnership with
Nigeria to stem human trafficking especially the increasing number of Nigerian
citizens that enter Italy every year.
During her visit to Speaker Dogara, in May this
year, Boldrini had lamented that in 2016 alone, 37,000 Nigerians arrived in
Italy through the Mediterranean sea.
The conference also seeks ways of empowering Nigerian
women to stop the illegal and dangerous migration of Nigerians to Europe.
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