Nigeria
Background
There is a current national action plan which runs from 2022-2026.
There is also a nationa action plan for the promotion and protection of human rights in Nigeria which runs from 2024-2028.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) is the leading agency for combating trafficking and is funded by the Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and supported by the Minsitry of Justice, Ministry of Labour and Employment and Nigerian Police Force.
The Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development also has a strategic roadmap for 2021-2025.
NAPTIP regularly produces reports, data analyses, annual report and multi-year reporting, however there is not a consistent annual reporting format.
In 2022, NAPTIP produced guidelines for the national referral mechanism and it coordinates with NGOs and interagency, though it is unclear whether there is a distinct national referral mechanism with dedicated funding.
Also in 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics conducted separate surveys on child labor and forced labor in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s export supply chains are dominated by minerals and oil whereas the import supply chains are much more complex.
Criminal enforcement against corporations benefiting from exploitation in supply chains is very limited.
The financial intelligence unit, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, actively monitors proceeds and transactions arising from exploitation and produced a typology report on money laundering through human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
Budgets for dedicated funding for NAPTIP are publicly available and accessible however budgets for activities in other ministries are not disclosed.
Other Key Factors
Wage theft is a significant issue.
93% of employment is informal giving rise to the threat of wage theft without any formal means of redress.
Freedom of association and collective bargaining is lawful and active in Nigeria, however collective bargaining is more challenging in practice.
It is estimated there are over 100,000 refugees and asylum seekers in 2025.
To understand Nigeria’s situation more fully, we show the percentage of the population using the internet in Nigeria, along with the highest usage and lowest usage countries amongst the G20 members (Saudi Arabia and India).
Nigeria’s remittances are also shown with the respective highest and lowest inflow remittance countries in the G20 (India/Saudi Arabia) and the highest and lowest outflow countries in the G20 (US/Philippines). Keep in mind that remittance estimates are often an under count of actual remittance volume.(Graph unit is in Billion US$)
Nigeria’s Role in the Global Economy and Its Supply Chains
Trade flows from The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Remittance from the World Bank.