Trafficking: We’ll Stop Hotels From Lodging Underage Girls

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She was reacting to the recent rescue of ten teenage Nigerian girls allegedly trafficked to Ghana for prostitution.

The Ministry of Women Affairs has perfected plans to stop hotels in the country from lodging underage girls.The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, who disclosed this on Saturday at the ‘Unlock Training and Grants’ ceremony in Abuja, said the ban on lodging of young girls in hotels will help tackle the menace of trafficking.

She said hoteliers will be mandated to put up a ‘No Lodging of Underage Girls’ signage outside their facilities. “You will hear about our action first thing on Monday morning. That is the first I am going to approach and see what we can do about it.“Nigeria must be better. From 20th , we have directed hotels to put a sign outside from the Ministry of Women. No lodging of underage girls. what happened in Niger State will be an understatement to what will happen in the FCT and I mean it. No more lodging of underage girls and no more bullying in schools.

The NIDCOM boss said the girls were rescued by the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation , an umbrella association for Nigerians living in Ghana.

 

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