Ministers must mainstream human rights into governance — NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set an agenda
for new ministers to ensure they mainstream the aspects of human
rights into government operations while in office.

Speaking yesterday in Abuja during a press briefing, Executive
Secretary of the commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu said mainstreaming
human rights into government operations can be achieved by ensuring
participation and involvement of the people in the formulation and
implementation of government programmes, policies and
activities.

He said another way of mainstreaming human rights into
government operations in order to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) is through policy intervention
encapsulated in the document called National Action Plan for the
promotion and protection of human rights in the country.

Ojukwu said the objective of the agenda setting for ministers is
to reinforce the legitimacy of government through human rights
approach to governance.

He said the outcomes expected is that the government will be
seen by the people as a people’s centred government based on which
its legitimacy and continued exercise of authority will
devolve.

On the call to investigate the killings of policemen by soldiers
in Taraba State, Ojukwu said investigations by the Chief of Defence
staff as directed by the President was on going already.

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