By Taofeek Lawal
Staff of National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) are now better equipped for more efficiency in service delivery, an Italian IT security software trainer, Francesco Rosati said.
Rosati, a project manager with Sirfin-PA, Italy-based company contracted to train the staff, stated this at the end of the just concluded three-day United Nations on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) funded training on IT security/investigation for staff of NAPTIP, in Abuja.
“I think the system is very useful for them, and they can achieve so much or benefit in so many ways from using the system, because the system can help them in their daily work. The system has some modules for investigation phase; it is a complete software for them, which makes them better equipped”, he said.
Rosati also noted that Sirfin-PA had been collaborating with NAPTIP since 2008. He added that the Italian company had completed upgrading the SIDDA-NET system, which he described as “a big and huge system coming from the Italian Ministry of Justice.”
He disclosed that 36 staff of NAPTIP, drawn from the various zonal offices of the agency, benefitted a lot from the training. Rosati said it was the second training seminar of its kind, after the first one in 2010.
“We delivered the first training in 2010. This second training is a continuation of the first training; after the first training, the system became bigger. This last training is also designed to introduce the users or trainees to the new features of the system, “he added.
Rosati, who further disclosed that the next training for NAPTIP staff by Sirfin-PA was expected in six months’ time, also stated, “In this last training, 36 users of the software system came from zonal offices and they are now able to work or use the system. This will be very useful to them in the future.”
He added that the next training seminar in January 2015, would focus on finger print security modules.
“Another important aspect of the training is to exchange data between NAPTIP and other security organisations, like the police, immigrations, army, customs, for example”, Rosati stated
He urged members of Nigerian workforce to believe in their jobs, because such is very important to both the country and the workers.
