THE EFFECT OF TRANS-BORDER CHILD TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS NAPTIP)

ABSTRACT The study examined the effects of trans-border child trafficking in Nigeria with particular emphasis in Nigeria. The study was guided by three objective that include to identify the causes of trans-border child trafficking in Nigeria, to examine the effects of trans-border child trafficking in Nigeria and to suggest ways of curbing the menace of child trafficking in Nigeria. Literatures were reviewed in line with specific objectives and Marxist theory was adopted for the theoretical framework for the study. The study adopted a qualitative survey design method through secondary source. The data obtained were analyze qualitatively. The result revealed that poverty, illiteracy, unpleasant economic environment, unemployment, ignorance, broken home and poor parental care causes of trans-border child trafficking in Nigeria. The result further revealed that Child abuse, ritual killing, malnutrition, organ harvesting, hard labor, forced prostitution, dehumanization, exploitation, and crime are effects of trans-border child trafficking in Nigeria. The study recommends that governments should design programmes to alleviate poverty and create jobs. Such programmes must be focused Ion high-risk areas and with high-risk populations, in particular those victims of child trafficking who have already been repatriated.