Nigeria’s first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said messages projected by some movies, social media and religious organisations are fueling the get-rich-quick syndrome is driving Nigeria’s high rate of trafficking in persons.
She stated this when the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Binta Bello, led the top management of the agency to her office at the State House, Abuja.
In a statement titled ‘First Lady reiterates call for re-orientation for hard work and patience’ Senior Special Assistant to the First Lady on Media, Busola Kukoyi, said Mrs Tinubu pledged her support to the agency’s ongoing fight against human trafficking.
The First Lady called on youths to stop making themselves easy targets for traffickers and other criminally minded people by embracing the virtues of patience and hard work.
“The get rich quick syndrome is not helping matters. Even our religious institutions are doing prosperity preaching and even the bible talks about work. Social media is also not helping. Nollywood as well,”
