Delta State Govt Charges 150 Teachers To Deploy Anti‑Trafficking Curriculum Skills

The Delta State Government has urged 150 subject teachers from 50 selected schools to impact their students positively through the effective application of the skills acquired during the ongoing TIP Content training and capacity building under the Schools Anti‑Trafficking Education and Advocacy Project (STEAP).

The Honourable Attorney General and Chairman of the Delta State Taskforce on Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, SAN, gave the charge on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of the first‑batch training held at Bon Hotel, Asaba, saying that the State Government is equipping secondary schools across the state to take an active role in preventing human trafficking through the STEAP project.

Represented by Taskforce member and Director General of the Delta State Bureau for Orientation and Communications, Barrister Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, the Honourable Attorney General stated that the Taskforce comprising the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), You Matter Foundation, traditional rulers, faith-based organisations, and other stakeholders is working tirelessly to eliminate traffickers and their partners from the state.

Ohwovoriole explained that the STEAP training aligns with government goals to ensure teachers are well‑grounded in implementing STEAP through strategic training and sustainable capacity building Programmes. He emphasized that the program equips teachers with required methodologies, pedagogical tools, and other approaches to effectively deliver Trafficking in Persons (TIP) content embedded in the revised basic education curriculum.

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He assured that efforts will intensify in the coming year to expand advocacy through regular engagements with traditional rulers, local government chairmen, faith-based organisations and stakeholders, driving the message to grassroots levels, while thanking NERDC, NAPTIP, ICMPD, and partners, especially the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for their resilience in enhancing teacher skills under STEAP, urging teachers to build friendly relationships with students to extract useful information for program success.

Earlier, Hajia Binta Adamu Bello, Director General of NAPTIP (represented by Mrs. Roku Odugbesan), stated that the workshop is part of broader efforts to safeguard children and strengthen national responses to human trafficking through education. She noted that over 55% of identified trafficking victims are school‑aged children, and NAPTIP and NERDC have collaborated to develop and integrate TIP content into curricula across basic and senior secondary schools nationwide.

The Project Manager of STEAP, Rhoda Dia‑Johnson, disclosed that over 75% of trafficking victims in West Africa are children, pointing out that empowering teachers as educators and child protection advocates creates safer school environments, builds resilient communities, and helps break the trafficking cycle.

She said the training focuses on equipping teachers to deliver TIP content using effective methodologies and tools aimed at preventing trafficking by educating children and communities, fostering safe environments, and supporting victims.

Members of the Delta State Taskforce present at the training programme included; Barr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, HAG Representative/ Director General of Delta State Bureau for Orientation and Communications, Barr. Lawrentta Ogbedo, Director General of You Matter Charity Foundation, Barr. (Mrs) Ijeoma Nwanze, Secretary, Delta State Taskforce on Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration.