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Ednut
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I have filmed for BBC television news in many countries of Africa over the last decade. But I have never had an Oscar winning Hollywood movie producer carry my tripod before.

David Puttnam - who made Chariots of Fire, Midnight Express, The Killing Fields - knows a lot about trafficking.

As president of Unicef UK he has seen it across Asia as well as in Africa.

What frustrates him here, in Nigeria, more than the poverty that is its root cause, is the attitude that accompanies it.

"Half of you feels sympathy," he told me.

"But the other half wants just to shake the people here and say look - this is a large, wealthy, powerful country.

"Put the structures in place. Develop some determination. And this exploitation of children could be tackled and Nigeria could be a really successful nation.

From Our Own Correspondent was broadcast on Saturday, 17 April, 2004 at 1130 BST on BBC Radio 4. Please check the programme schedules for World Service transmission times.

[ April 22, 2004, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: Ednut ]

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