NHRC Records Over 2,000 Cases of Human Rights Abuses In 2023
The Coordinator, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, in Kwara state, Barrister Jumoke Olaoye
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Kwara state says it has recorded over two thousand cases of human rights abuses and violations this year.
The state coordinator, of the Commission, Barrister Jumoke Olaoye stated this while speaking at the Biennial Convention of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Kwara state Chapter, held in Ilorin.
She said the most prevalent of the human rights abuses recorded are child abandonment and wife battering.
Barrister Olaoye said increased awareness of the activities of the Commission made people voice out violations against their rights.
Comrade Issa Aremu, DG MINILS
She explained that the Commission has adopted the use of mediation to reduce the cases of human rights abuses to the minimum.
Barrister Olaoye noted that the Commission also collaborates with traditional institutions and other stakeholders to ensure the sustenance of cases resolved.
In his keynote address the Director General Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies,(MINILS) Comrade Issa Aremu, commended members of the Committee for their selfless struggle to protect the rights of the citizens.
He urged them to combine rights with responsibilities to make it sustainable.
In his remarks, the National Vice chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Comrade Ade Ikuesan advised the citizens to seek knowledge and also know their rights.
He urged the committee members not to close their eyes to any form of human rights Violations.
In his speech the Chairman, of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Kwara State Chapter, Comrade Afolabi Lukman said the Committee will collaborate with all relevant government agencies to defend and uphold the rights of the people in the state.
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