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The NBS is currently undergoing reform to ensure that it is able to
produce adequate, high-quality and timely data relevant to the demands
of users in Government, universities and research institutes, private-sector
organizations and international agencies.
National Population Commission
The National Population Commission (NPC) was established by the
National Population Commission Act No. 23 of 1988 to periodically collect
national population censuses and sample surveys; promote continuous and
universal registration of births and deaths; and collect, collate and publish data
on migration statistics. The NPC is presently analysing the migration component
of the 2006 Census. It is also carrying out an internal migration survey.
Furthermore, it has on its agenda the collation and publication of a backlog of
entry and exit cards from the Nigerian immigration border posts (land, air and
sea), if the necessary funding is provided.
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related
Matters
NAPTIP was established on 8 August 2003. The Agency was established
through the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and
Administrative Act No. 24 of 2003 as the Government’s response to addressing
the scourge of trafficking in persons in Nigeria and the attendant human abuses
in all their forms.
Pursuant to the abovementioned Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition)
Law Enforcement and Administrative Act, as amended in 2005, NAPTIP was
established with the following objectives:
- to coordinate all laws on the trafficking in persons and related offences, and
to enforce those laws;
- to adopt measures to increase the effectiveness of the eradication of
trafficking in persons;
- to facilitate procedures when dealing with persons, including persons
in custody, who consent to assist in investigations or to participate in
proceedings relating to trafficking in persons and related offences;
- to enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement agents to suppress
trafficking in persons;
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