BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world with an estimated population of about 140 million people (2006, Census), is endowed with abundant human and natural resources like oil, tin, limestone, zinc, natural gas, good vegetation and climate which varies from being equatorial in the South, tropical in the centre and arid in the north. This great country, 3rd world largest producer of crude oil has about 5.3% annual growth rate but it is estimated that 70% of Nigerians live in poverty (Tola, 2008).
The above features are legacies of decades of prolonged military rules coupled with mis-management and corruption, which have daily impoverished the people and made them “beggers” of a sort amidst plenty. This act of misrule has increased anti-social behaviour amongst the populace. Sadly, the quest for material wealth at all cost has introduced a new dimension of wealth creation into the psyche of Nigerians-which is street hawking.
Street hawking is the third largest criminal activity in the world after arms and drug trafficking (Tola, 2008). In the last decade, the phenomenon of street hawking has considerably increased throughout the world and most especially in Nigeria. Every year, million of individuals, mostly female are misled by decot or forced to submit to servitude.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page …………………………………………………………….. i
Declaration …………………………………………………………….. ii
Approval …………………………………………………………….. iii
Dedication ………………………………………………………….…. iv
Acknowledgement ………………………………………………….….. v
Table of content ………………………………………………….…… vi
CHAPTER ONE:
Introduction
1.1 Background of the study ………………………………………… 1
1.2 Purpose of the study ……………………………………….… 4
1.3 Significance of the study ………………………………………... 4
1.4 Scope and Limitation of the study …………………………….... 5
1.5 Definition of terms ………………………………………………. 5
CHAPTER TWO:
Literature Review
2.1 The Concept of Human Trafficking …………………………..…. 6
2.2 The Context of Human Trafficking …………………………….… 9
2.3 Purposes and Causes of Trafficking ………………………………. 11
2.4 Legal Instruments for Human Trafficking in Nigeria ...………...… 12
2.6 Some of the Prosecuted Crimes of Human Trafficking in Nigeria .. 28
CHAPTER THREE:
Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations
3.1 Summary ………………………………………………………….. 20
3.2 Conclusion ……………………………………………………..… 22
3.3 Recommendations ……………………………………………….... 22
References …………………………………………………………. 24