Petitioners and the public have been commended for the courage to lodge their complaints and submit memoranda to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC.
The commendation was made by the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, at the public sitting of the Special Investigation Panel on Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Nigeria, for the North West Zone, held in Kano State.
The core mandate of the NHRC is to enforce the fundamental rights of Nigerians and where violations of such rights occur, it intervenes for a remedy to the victims.
Most complaints about rights abuse are from the weak, women, and the poor in society.
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The Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anticorruption Commission, Muhyee Magaji, said there is a synergy between the Commission and the NHRC.
Members of the NHRC panel are drawn from the academia, gender experts, civil society, and professional groups representing diverse interests of the society.
