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By FRANCIS OGBONNA
The DG, National Agency for
Prohibition of Trafficking In Person (NAPTIP), Barr. Julie Okah-Donli, in the
wake of the recent burial of 26 Nigerian Women migrants in Italy has said that
thousands more die in the Sahara desert unaccounted for while trying to cross
over to Europe.
Mr. Joseph Famakin, the agency
Coordinator for Lagos Zone who represented the DG as Guest Speaker at the maiden
Dr. Bolaji Carew Memorial Lecture, which took place Saturday in Lagos
reiterated that this happens on a regular basis.
In his words, “Nigerians are saddened
by news of the death of 26 of our girls who in a bid to seek for better life
in Europe perished in the Mediterranean Sea, but do you know that thousands more
die in the Sahara desert on a regular basis?
“People, both men and women who
embark on this kind of journey should realize that what they are doing is
leaving the substance and pursuing shadows.
"People don't pick money on the streets
of Europe as people are made to believe. so parents and guardians of young person who have such dreams should be guided appropriately."
The size of the Sahara desert
spans an area-9,200,000 sq.km-that is about the size of China or the United States.
It is on record that several thousands of Africans have died trying to access
Europe through the barren land reputed to be the 3rd largest desert in the
world, after Antarctica and the Arctic.
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