….Says education is key agent to bring your human rights to door-steps
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Office in Nigeria, on Friday unveiled the UDHR75 Logo and launched a call center short code 6472 at the 75th anniversary campaign on Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to commemorate the day.
Sundiata Post recalls that the launching of the call centre and unveiling of the UDHR75 logo were jointly performed by Chief Ojukwu and Mathias Schmale at Chelsea Hotel, Abuja.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu SAN while Speaking at a press conference to commemorate the 2022 event, said the effort is geared towards simplifying human rights complaints and bringing easy communication to the door steps of users since it comes at no cost.
Ojukwu applauded the media and also solicited for their commitment to getting the message of this year’s message of the UDHR to the people.
The NHRC Scribe added that the sort code will provide an easy access to the Commission for complaints on human rights violations.
In his opening remarks, the United National Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Matthias Schmale expressed worry that 20 million out-of-school children still exist in Nigeria.
He noted that development can only occur when human rights issues are embedded in every aspect of governance process.
Following a goodwill message by Mo Yahaya Resident Representative, UNDP, Mrs Ifeoma Nwakama, Director, Human Rights Institute, announced programmes and activities lined up for the week.
The 2022 human rights day is a week-long activity that kicked off with the press conference and launch and will end next week Saturday with an Awards Night.
Also, the programme will also feature a town hall meeting with presidential candidates for 2023 elections.
Furthermore, Chief ojukwu noted that education is the key agent to bring human rights to our doorsteps.
He stated this while reacting to question from journalists on number of out of school children in Nigeria, the NHRC Boss said that UNICEF has done a lot of work over the years on that and have been consistent and reliable on this. Adding that we will be able to draw the figure from UNICEF.
