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Human Trafficking Fastest Form Of Slavery, Says Ojukwu

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"5nX3LNhc" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Alhassan Bala&comma; Abuja<&sol;p><div class&equals;"L0yUpHxr" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to observe the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade &lpar;IDRSVTST&rpar;&comma; the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission&comma; Tony Ojukwu Esq has said that this day serves as a reminder that though slave trade might have been abolished&comma; there are other related forms of modern-day slavery that inhibit the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The vocal human rights lawyer and CEO of the Commission&comma; who cautioned the perpetrators of the dastardly act of all forms of slavery to desist from the uncivilized practice&comma; stated this in Abuja on the eve of the commemoration of the day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said human trafficking&semi; &lpar;an act of recruitment and transportation of persons &lpar;both male and female&rpar; within or across borders of this country&rpar; is the fastest-growing form of slavery in Nigeria today&comma; adding that the effects have continued to disorientate our social and mental well- being as a nation&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"RIzKhJjV" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Executive Secretary stated that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;apart from human trafficking in all its ramifications&comma; we are also confronted with&comma; ethnicity in this modern times”&period; He further said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;these are discriminations based on the perception that a certain group of people are different and superior to others and this results in a kind of treatment or attitude that makes the disadvantaged group feel inferior or persecuted just like persons who were captured and sold as slaves between the 16th and 17th century”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;25&sol;2023kwankwasiyya-vows-to-return-sanusi-as-emir-of-kano&sol;">2023&colon;Kwankwasiyya Vows To Return Sanusi as Emir Of Kano <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Chief Human Rights Officer said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;these persistent inequalities in the enjoyment of basic human rights are not only wrong but are a major cause of social upheaval and conflict in our society”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While speaking to this year’s theme &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ending Slavery legacy of Racism&colon; A global imperative to Justice&comma;” which aims to raise awareness on the dangers of racism&comma; Ojukwu emphasized that racist behavior which often translates to discrimination has obvious negative consequences&comma; from simple neglect&comma; or the avoidance of those believed to be different and inferior&comma; to more explicit forms of harassment&comma; mistreatment exploitation&comma; or exclusion to more extreme cases of threat to life and death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sadly&comma; Ojukwu noted that incidentally there have been reported cases of Nigerians facing racial discrimination and being maltreated in China&comma; South Africa&comma; and other places across the globe&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And back home in Nigeria we have active discrimination by people who consider themselves as original inhabitants of their region against settlers from other states&comma; &lpar;Indigene and non-indigene syndrome&rpar;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; there are people who consider themselves more superior by virtue of their authority&comma; where they mobilise force against vulnerable persons&period; There are also numerous allegations of discrimination perpetuated by the Osu and other caste systems in several parts of Nigeria&comma; these all lead to inter-ethnic&comma; inter-communal&comma; and inter-religious violence and conflict &comma; Ojukwu noted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The human rights Czar who has tirelessly been working round the clock to advance the course of women’s rights in Nigeria observed that although men are also victims of slavery&comma; children and women have been the most at-risk populations&period; As victims in the terrorist dens&comma; girls and women suffer as economic-slaves&comma; sex-slaves&comma; and suicide-mission-slaves&period; In the baby factories&comma; they serve as economic-slaves&comma; sex-slaves&comma; procreation-slaves&comma; and money-ritual-slaves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said all hands must be on deck to put an end to all forms of slavery because they are inimical to freedom in the civilized world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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