BABY FACTORIES: A Sustaining Dimension to Human Trafficking in Nigeria
BABY HARVESTING: A New Dimension to Human Trafficking in Nigeria By Unongu I commence this essay with a quote from Vanguard newspapers: "Anyone who hears about Nigeria’s baby factories would think it is government’s policy to sustain our high population. The tag creates impressions of facilities turning out babies round the clock. What elsewhere do factories do…" - Vanguard Editorial, March 31, 2014. _ _ Baby factories is an emerging crime in developing countries and is prevalent in some African countries especially Nigeria. The sordid illegal business revolves around pregnant women and girls who are willing to give up their new born babies for financial gain without having any contact with the buyer or ever seeing the child again. The practice where some Nigerian medical doctors engage in illegal sales of babies, taking advantage of the helplessness of pregnant women girls and the desperation of childless couples, is now recurring decimal in Nigerian society. This ugly pract