Human Trafficking And Sexual Exploitation: Causes And Implication To National Development
Keywords:
national development, implication, sexual exploitation, Human traffickingAbstract
This review examined the courses and problems of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Nigeria. Attention was on the reasons and courses behind the spate of this scourge, the victims and why it has continued unabated. It's immediate and long run effects on the national development were also examined. Findings revealed that poverty is no doubt the greatest course of people falling victim of either human traffickers or sexual exploiters. Even during the so-called abolished slave trade, majority of the victim are people from poor parents. Their parents sold them knowingly or unknowingly to the slave traders because they cannot make both ends meet. Also, the high level of illiteracy, unemployment and or poor standard of living was not an exemption of the causes. It was recommended among others that the creation of awareness of the negative effects of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, and the provision of jobs to improve the living condition of all Nigerians will help fight the scourge.
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