Okah-Donli made this known while defending the agency’s 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on Tuesday.
She said of the figure, about 5000 of the victims were repatriated within the period.
She lamented that in spite of the evils of human trafficking not so much attention was focused on the menace.
She said the recent trend which marked the resurgence of the slave trade was more alarming and required the attention it deserved.
According to her, the task before the agency is enormous while budgetary allocations have been comparatively low.
“It is my honour and privilege to raise a cry for help in this hallowed chamber on behalf of the most vulnerable members of the society, especially women and children.
“In recent months the odious and perverse consequences of human trafficking and irregular migration were forcefully brought to our television screens with gory tales,” she said.
Source: Punch
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