Houssam Diab, Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria has spoken up to discredit the infamous claim that most Nigerian girls in Lebanon were trafficked into the country.
This statement came while he was on a visit to the office of the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama in Abuja.
He said;
“As of May 1, the Lebanese government has stopped issuing visas for domestic workers coming from Nigeria. This will definitely stop any new cases from arising; they will not be able to get into Lebanon, the specificity for the issue in Lebanon is that all these girls are entering into Lebanon legally.
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“There is no human trafficking illegally into Lebanon.
“About 90 percent of the agencies involved in it are in Nigerian agencies and they apply through Lebanese agencies in Lebanon through the security general to acquire work visas and work permits for the ladies.
“This is how it is; so by stopping the issuing of the visas, we would have stopped new cases from arising.”
Speaking further, Diab, revealed that the Lebanese government and the Nigerian government has successfully evacuated 500 Nigerian ladies from Lebanon with 200 more to be evacuated soonest.
According to the Ambassador, about 5,000 Nigerians are living in Lebanon, and of which most are successfully employed and happy.
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