JIFORM hosts national migration summit Feb 9

• Published date: 22 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) in collaboration with other partners will host a national migration summit at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja on February 9.

Some of the organizations already invited to feature at the event include the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NiDOE), embassies and others.

A statement signed and made available to the media by the President of the JIFORM, Dr. Ajibola Abayomi said the summit themed: 'Irregular Migration: The Missing Links and The Remedy was aimed at deepening the efforts to improve migration policies in Nigeria and improve the capacity building of the media and other stakeholders.'

'We are concerned about the need to further engage the public and the government on migration matters and make interventions where necessary for all of us to be on the same page. We cannot pretend that issues of human trafficking, irregular migration, and others are not with us.

'On these challenges, we must reason together on how to stop these and cater for vulnerable ones among us without playing to the gallery. There is a need for us to have an understanding of the laws and how to evolve opportunities to better the lots of our people through...