ASABA/Nigeria: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched a three-day capacity-building programme in Delta State aimed at equipping key stakeholders with practical tools to support the sustainable reintegration of returnees and curb irregular migration.
The training, which commenced on Wednesday at the Cluster B Training Hall, Prof. Chike Edozien Secretariat in Asaba, is focused on deepening participants’ understanding of IOM’s integrated reintegration framework designed to promote economic independence, social stability, and psychosocial well-being among returnees.
The programme, scheduled to conclude on Friday, April 10, 2026, is part of broader efforts to strengthen institutional responses to migration challenges and reduce the risks of remigration.
IOM, which established its presence in Nigeria in 2002, provides comprehensive support to migrants, internally displaced persons, returnees, and host communities through a wide range of humanitarian and development-focused interventions.
Its operations are anchored on four key pillars of migration management: migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration, and forced migration, with a strong emphasis on protecting migrants’ rights, promoting migration health, and addressing gender-related migration issues.
The ongoing Reintegration Committee Training is being led by Mr. Osasumwen Adun, Senior Project Assistant (MM/AVRR), alongside other IOM facilitators.
Sessions at the training are expected to focus on reintegration frameworks under the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law 2024, development of effective referral systems in Delta State, and service mapping across economic, social, psychosocial, and legal support structures.
Participants are also being guided on community-based planning approaches aimed at fostering inclusive and sustainable reintegration outcomes.
With 174 member states and operations in over 100 countries, IOM continues to promote humane and orderly migration through policy support, operational assistance, and international cooperation.
The organisation also provides critical humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations, including refugees, internally displaced persons, and victims of trafficking.
Among participants at the training are the Director-General of the Delta State Bureau for Orientation and Communications and member of the State Task Force Against Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration, Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe; the Delta State Reintegration Committee Coordinator and Secretary of the State Task Force Against Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration, Barr. (Mrs.) Ijeoma Nwanze; and the State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Mrs. Tracy Ikolomi, alongside other strategic stakeholders.
