Director General(DG) of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Binta Lami Adamu Bello, has promised effective coordination and full enforcement of all National instruments and counter-trafficking policies to minimize the incidences of human trafficking in the country in line with the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In a Press Statement issued in Abuja by Vincent Adekoye, Communications Officer of NAPTIP. He averred that she stated this in Abuja while addressing the management and officers of the agency on her assumption of duty as the Director General of the Agency.
“The Director General, who thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing her to head the Agency, said policies shall be strengthened, efforts shall be strategized and officers of the agency shall be motivated and stimulated to work hard to justify the confidence reposed on NAPTIP by the entire nation.”
She said, “I am ready for enforcement. We shall not, by the grace of God, disappoint Mr. President who has directed me to come and continue from where others stopped.
“Everyone of you will be carried along and you should be ready to work so that we can reach our target. I will look at the administrative setting here and give each of you a target per month and you will be evaluated on that basis.
“We must work very hard to make sure that we are within the vision and mission of this Agency. Anything short of that, we are a failure,” the NAPTIP boss stated.
Speaking also at the enlarged Management meeting of the Directors and Head of Units, the Director, Research and Programme Development, Mr. Josiah Emerole, congratulated the Director General for her appointment and expressed confidence that bearing in mind the notable achievements of the Director General in her previous national assignments, she will certainly take the agency to a higher level of greater accomplishment.
He informed the new DG that the agency consists of trained professionals and loyal officers. He assured her of unflinching support of the entire workforce.
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