 No fewer than 22 members of the Lutheran Church of Nigeria have undergone small-scale business training. They also had starter packs given to them across the six states of the Northern region. The empowerment programme was organised by symbols of hope charity, an arm of the church committed to fighting illegal migration and human trafficking. Must intensify its own efforts and taking responsibility in creating an environment that will enable people to be creative and find a way of finding for themselves. Even when government is not able to provide opportunities for employment, cannot employ everybody, but the government can create that environment in which people can invest, can do their little businesses. What do I mean? There must be peace, there must be empowerment, there must be good education, there must be training. These are all responsibilities that the government needs to take to ensure that people are able to live in peace and safety and find for themselves. Trafficking and irregular migration is a silent pandemic. Silent pandemic because it is killing and maiming young people on daily basis in their thousands or hundreds of thousands. And as a church, we are saddled with the responsibility of protecting the dignity of human lives. What I learned from this programme is that it encourages me because I'm already even at the point of giving up. I'm a seamstress. I do so close for women. But along the way, I faced so many challenges that actually made me to think of giving up. Get notified about fresh news updates.