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150946Z Dec 05

UNCLAS LAGOS 001891 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/W 
STATE FOR INR/AA 
STATE FOR G/TIP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG NI
SUBJECT: TIP:  TIER 2 ACTION PLAN FOR NIGERIA DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 211131 
 
¶1.  In response to action request (reftel), Post explained to 
GON areas of specific concern to Nigeria from the 2005 TIP 
report, why GON efforts did not meet minimum standards, and 
how to improve results in the future.  On November 18, G/TIP 
lead for Nigeria, Veronica Zeitlin, and POLOFF Eshel Murad 
met Carol Ndaguba, Executive Secretary of the National Agency 
for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), Dayo 
Akinmoyo, Special Assistant to the President on Human 
Trafficking, and other officials and prosecutors.  GON 
representatives were generally receptive to the USG message. 
However, Ms. Akinmoyo took exception to the recommendation to 
increase prosecutions, arguing it would shift resources away 
from sensitization of the judiciary, which she believed was a 
more efficient means to encourage stiffer penalties for 
trafficking and thus be a stronger deterrent.  Post will 
report additional progress as it is made. 
BROWNE