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Abike-Dabiri Urges NAWAOJ To Strengthen Awareness Against Irregular Migration
- NiDCOM Boss, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has Urged NAWAOJ To Strengthen Awareness to halt the menace of irregular and unnecessary journeys across the desert and the Mediterranean by women and young Ladies.
The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has called on the Leadership of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ to recalibrate it’s sensitisation strategies with a view to halting the menace of illegal migration across the desert and the Mediterranean Sea.
The NIDCOM Boss made the call in Abuja when she received a 12-Member National Executive led by the National President, Ladi Bala, in Abuja.
Hon Dabiri-Erewa, who expressed elation at the association’s visit urged a more robust collaboration, which would run pari pasu with a partnership with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP.
The former lawmaker noted that women who get lured with the promise of a better life end up mistreated, exploited and traumatized, hence need to nip such eventualities in the bud through sensitisation, entrepreneurial development and a creation of an enabling environment for our young women to become productive members of society.
In her remarks,National President NAWOJ, Ladi Bala commended the Chairman/CEO, NIDCOM Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa for tremendous strides in fighting for justice and equity for Nigerians irrespective of gender, religion and ethnicity, at home and in the Diaspora
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Ladi stated that their mission was to collaborate with the Commission to help speak for women in journalism who are in murky waters in the Diaspora especially the stranded and exploited who have lost hope and dignity as women.
She regretted that a lot of women who travel out of the country to seek greener pastures end up as domestic slaves and prostitutes, hence the need to band together and change that narrative.
Formed on October 25, 2009,Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, is the Umbrella Body for Women Journalists in Nigeria
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