With about seven months to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has pleaded for expedited action on Human Rights Amendment Bill to be sent to him for assent.
The Commission on Wednesday, urged the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights and Legal Matters to liaise with its counterpart in the Senate to ensure that the Bill already passed by both chambers of the National Assembly is harmonized and sent to the President for assent.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu, SAN (OFR) who made this plea when he received the Chairman and Members of the Committee when they visited the Commission for oversight functions noted that getting the Bill signed into law by the President will enable the Commission to cover more ground in terms of promotion, protection, and enforcement of human rights in Nigeria.
To actualize the Human Rights Fund, the Executive Secretary expatiate that “Businesses operating in Nigeria need to drop a certain percentage of their profits, no matter how small, into the funds to enhance the work of human rights in the country”.
The lawmakers stated that in consideration of the essential nature of the amendment Bill the Committee ensured that the House of Representatives passed it in 2021 before it was subsequently passed by the Senate early this year.
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