Human Trafficking and Child Abuse: Their Effect on Our Nation’s Image

Abstract

A child is considered important and cherished in every part of the world; Arrival of a child is celebrated with Pomp and pageantry in families especially among the new married couples. A childless marriage was a source of grievous disappointment and frustration between the husband and his wife and major cause of family disorder. A childless woman is regarded as a liability in most communities. Despite the importance attached to child bearing and upbringing and in spite of the fact that there cannot be a happy home without a child, many children have become victim of abuse and neglect. The way human trafficking and child abuse have been on the increase in Nigeria is highly disturbing despite the existence of so many churches and religious groups in our country. The paper examined what human trafficking and child abuse are all about the causes and
consequences of these ugly activities. The paper discovered that human trafficking and child abuse are combined to taint Nigerian’s image and they are perhaps the center of modern day slavery. There is an urgent need to put an end to these ngodly and inhuman activities.