{"id":27795,"date":"2020-08-01T23:25:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T22:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=27795"},"modified":"2020-08-01T23:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T22:25:37","slug":"fg-working-hard-to-bring-back-girls-from-lebanon-naptip-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=27795","title":{"rendered":"FG Working Hard To Bring Back Girls From Lebanon \u2013 NAPTIP DG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, on Saturday said the Federal Government is working hard to evacuate some 30 girls featured in a viral video from Lebanon.<br \/>\nIn the viral video, the ladies were clustered in a room, seated in a tight circle, their backs against the wall. Some stood and one of them could be seen fanning herself.<br \/>\nThey all wore face masks or covered their faces as a voice boomed in the background. \u201cGood morning our government,\u201d the voice started. \u201cPlease, we are pleading with you, we are stranded . . . we want to come home.\u201d<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-27795-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/VID-20200730-WA0017.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/VID-20200730-WA0017.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/VID-20200730-WA0017.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\nOkah-Donli, in two separate interviews with Channels Television on Saturday, said the girls are part of 150 persons already processed for evacuation by the Nigerian embassy in Lebanon.<br \/>\n\u201cAbout 150 of them have been captured, including the girls in the video, for evacuation,\u201d Okah-Donli said.<br \/>\nBut the cost of chartering a flight amid coronavirus-induced lock-downs across the world \u201cis not cheap,\u201d the NAPTIP chief added.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen these ones are airlifted, another batch will cry for help,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Federal Government can not fund this alone.\u201d<br \/>\nA composite of screengrabs created on August 1, 2020, from the viral videos of Nigerians in Lebanon calling for help.<br \/>\nOkah-Donli said she will meet with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq on Monday and work with State Governments to help facilitate the evacuation of the ladies.<br \/>\nLebanon is mired in its worst economic crisis in decades, with the downturn sparking soaring inflation and plunging almost half the country\u2019s population into poverty.<br \/>\nHowever many Nigerians are being trafficked into the country with the promise of good, well-paid jobs.<br \/>\nIn a later interview with Channels Television, Okah-Donli noted that the Federal Government has already taken steps to ensure the girls\u2019 well-being.<br \/>\n\u201cWhere they are staying now, the Nigerian embassy in Lebanon put them there, at least kept them in a safe space,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cThey are not just folding their hands and playing; they are working hard with the Nigerian government here and the relevant partners to bring them back; and we will bring them back, just as we\u2019ve been bringing girls back from all over the world.<br \/>\n\u201cA few weeks ago, we had a planeload of girls coming from Lebanon. So this is not a one-off exercise; it\u2019s a gradual work in progress because we have about 5,000 of them there in Lebanon alone; and we are talking about more in Oman, Dubai, Mali, all over the place.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not a cheap exercise; it\u2019s a very expensive exercise and the federal government is doing all it can to bring them back.\u201d<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0e By <strong>Channelstv.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, on Saturday said the Federal Government is working hard to evacuate some 30 girls featured in a viral video from Lebanon. 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