The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday, has reported that more than 2000 incidents of human rights abuses and violations have been documented in Kwara State this year.
Speaking during the Biennial Convention of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Ilorin, Barrister Jumoke Olaoye, the state coordinator of the commission, said “the most prevalent of the human right abuses recorded are child abandonment and wife battering.”
Olaoye said the increased reporting of violations to heightened public awareness about the NHRC’s activities, has enabled people to come forward and voice any violation against their rights
To tackle the issue, she stated the commission has embraced mediation as a means to curtail human rights abuses, striving to minimize their occurrence.
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Barrister Olaoye noted that the commission also collaborated with traditional institutions and other stakeholders to ensure sustenance of cases resolved.
In his keynote address, the Director General, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Comrade Issa Aremu, praised 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 CDHR, Comrade Ade Ikuesan advised the citizens to seek knowledge on their rights.
He urged the committee members not to close their eyes to any form of human right violations.