THE IMPLICATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON NIGERIA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF EDO STATE

Abstract

This research work examines the implication of Human Trafficking on Nigeria’s foreign relations.  The phenomenon of human trafficking has taken an alarming dimension in Nigeria, such that it had become a big illegal criminal business.  Human Trafficking is now a daily occurrence in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria.  Also, the spread of human trafficking to other states of the country is believed to be the fallout of massive unemployment and high level of poverty.

Human Trafficking is a major national problem for being a threat to fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizenry.  For most parents in Nigeria, the fear of sudden disappearances of their sons, daughters and wards of being trafficking victims are real and palpable.

Therefore, this work examines the nature of human trafficking, how it affects Nigeria’s foreign relations.  Recommendations were also made on how the menace of trafficking could be curtailed and possibly eradicated.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Title Page………………………………………………………………………………….   (i)

Dedication…………………………………………………………………………………...(ii)

Certification……………………………………………………………….………………...(iii)

Acknowledgments…………………………………………………………..……………… (iv-v)

Table of Content………………………………………………………………………...…   (vi-vii)

Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………. (viii)

CHAPTER ONE:  General Introduction

1.1 Introduction   ……………………………………………………………………………… 1

12. Statement of Problem……………………………………………………………………...  1

1.3. Scope and Limitation ……………………………………………………………………..  1

1.4. Methodology ……………………………………………………………………………...  2

1.5. Aims and Objectives ……………………………………………………………………..   2

1.6. Justification and Significance of the Study …………………………………………….. 2-3

1.7. Literature Review.  ………………………………………………………………………. 3-5

CHAPTER TWO: Geographical Location and Early History of Edo People

2.1. Geographical Location of Edo People………………………………………………….. 6-7

2.2. Early History of Edo People …………………………………………………………… 7-10

2.3. Growth and Development of Edo State………………………………………………… 11-12

2.4 Nature of Economic Activities in the 19th and 20th Centuries……………………….. 12-14

CHAPTER THREE:  Human Trafficking and its implications in Nigeria

3.1. Origin and Growth of Human Trafficking among Edo People ……………………...15-21

3.2. Factors Promoting Human Trafficking in Nigeria ……………………………………21-26                    

3.3. Negative Effects of Human Trafficking among Edo People in Particular

      and Nigeria in General ………………………………………………………………... 26-28

3.4. Implications of Human Trafficking on Nigeria’s Foreign Relations ………………. 29-31

CHAPTER FOUR: Combating Human Trafficking in Nigeria

4.1 Efforts of Edo State Government in Combating Human Trafficking ………………. 32-35

4.2. The Fight against Human Trafficking by the Federal Government ………………... 35-42

4.3. Legal Framework to Combating Human Trafficking in Nigeria …………………… 42-46

4.4 Non-Governmental Organizations’ Contribution in the Fight against

     Human Trafficking ………………………………………………………………….. 46-51

4.5. International Instruments…………………………………………………………… 51-54

CHAPTER FIVE: Summary, Recommendations and Conclusion

5.1 Summary …………………………………………………………………………… 55-57

5.2 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………. 58-59

5.3 Recommendations …………………………………………………………………...60-61

5.4 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………….. 62-65