Human Trafficking As A Continuing Act Of Injustice In The Nigerian Society

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to investigate if the level of significant relationship between human trafficking (Domestic Servitude, forced Child Labor, Children Exploited for Commercial Sex, and Sex human trafficking) on continuing act of injustice in the Nigerian society. Four purpose, research questions and hypothesis guided the study. The research design adopted for this study was the correlation research design. The population for the study was all citizen of Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample of the study. The actual sample respondents of 560 citizens was drawn for the study three experts validated the instruments that was used to collect data for the study. Instrument was used for the study, the instrument was titled “human trafficking and continuing act of injustice in the Nigerian society questionnaire” was administered to the respondents to elicit their responses. The instruments was 28 items with 4-option Likert scale format. A pilot study was conducted on a sample of 60 participants and internal consistency coefficient between .84-.87 was obtained using Cronbach alpha reliability estimate methods. The researchers administered the instruments on the sampled respondents in the selected at one time or the other the researcher was able to meet him. The data that was collected was analyzed using simple percentages and the hypothesis was tested using Pearson product moment correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that social Domestic Servitude, forced Child Labor, Children Exploited for Commercial Sex, and Sex human trafficking human trafficking significantly related to the increase in the level of continuing act of injustice I Nigeria. Above all it was recommended that law enforcement officials and anti-trafficking agencies should be retrained on the subject according to global standards, they should be adequately funded and encouraged to collaborate with other organizations and agencies within and across the nation’s borders in order effectively tackle human trafficking.