that 80 per cent of Nigerians are aware of their fundamental
human rights by the end of December, 2015.
Its Executive Secretary, Prof. Bem Angwe, made the
declaration on Monday in Abuja when he received the
Director-General, National Orientation Agency, Mr Mike
Omeri, to the commission’s headquarters.
Angwe added, “By the end of this year, we want to achieve a
target of having at least 80 per cent of Nigerians aware of
their rights.
“As a result of this, the commission has identified some
institutions in the country to partner with.
“We commenced this partnership with parliamentarians,
who accepted to make available their constituencies and
support the commission to promote the rights of their
constituents.
“That relationship has produced resources and logistics
needed to promote the rights of Nigerians in many states.”
Angwe said the commission had earlier partnered the NOA
when its director general pledged to translate the section of
the Nigerian constitution on human rights into the three
major languages.
The executive secretary said this partnership was necessary
as it would enable Nigerians to read about their rights in
their native languages.
He added, “We desire that Nigerians be empowered
physically, mentally and economically.
“So, we will work with the agency to make this happen by
ensuring that every Nigerian is able to read about their
rights in their various languages.”
Omeri, on his part, said the agency was working hard to
complete the task of translating the section of the
constitution on human rights into the three major Nigerian
languages.
“We are still working on the promise we made to translate a
portion of the constitution into the three major languages
and we hope to get this done as soon as it is possible,” he
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