Persons, NAPTIP, has warned that employment of children
below the age of 12 as domestic helps is now a criminal
offense, which attracts a minimum jail term of two years
with no option of fine.
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Mrs Beatrice Jedy Agba,
who made this known while presenting the new Trafficking
in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act
in Abuja yesterday, said "the Act has come into operation
with effect from March 26th, 2015, which is the date that
President Goodluck Jonathan assented to it".
She added that "The New Act prohibits the employment of a
child below the age of 12 years as a domestic help, while the
exploitation of a child under the age of 18 years who is
employed as a domestic help is also prohibited".
Mrs. Agba recalled that the Agency in 2011, based on
identified gaps in the TIP Act 2003 as amended in 2005, had
proposed its re-enactment to enable NAPTIP and its partners
combat trafficking in persons better than it was doing.
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