Nigeria Forced Labour Survey 2022

The survey generated valid and reliable data on forced labour for the development of effective interventions and provision of important tools for designing, implementing, and monitoring effective policies and programmes to eradicate forced labour in Nigeria.

The survey module focussed on retrospective experience of adults, i.e., 18 years or older, in forced labour. The questionnaire covered forced labour experiences both in Nigeria and abroad.

This report is made up of seven chapters with its content covering: definitions of forced labour according to the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), legal standards backing the eradication of forced labour, national laws, measurements for statistical purposes, forced labour prevalence (Instantaneous estimates) among the adult population in Nigeria or abroad in the last five years, and sectoral composition of forced labour aggregated by economic activities and the overall population. The report also discussed the circumstances leading to involuntariness, means of recruitment and coercion, household, and community factors, correlated with forced labour and country (i.e., Nigeria or abroad) in which forced labour occurred.