{"id":250729,"date":"2023-02-22T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=250729"},"modified":"2023-02-22T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T08:00:37","slug":"elections-nhrc-harps-on-critical-role-of-security-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/22\/elections-nhrc-harps-on-critical-role-of-security-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections: NHRC harps on critical role of security agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NRHC), has stated that the level of readiness and commitment of security agency personnel across the country will determine the peaceful outcome of the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>He made this statement on Tuesday in Benin, Edo State, at a consultative forum that was organized for the state&#8217;s security agencies as part of the Commission&#8217;s engagement to incorporate human rights into the 2023 election process.<\/p>\n<p>The consultation, organised with the support of Ford Foundation and the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP), had as its theme: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/13\/makinde-hails-nhrc-on-fight-against-gender-based-violence\/\">National Consultation<\/a> on the role of law enforcement and security agencies in protecting voter accreditation and participation during elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Ojukwu, the Commission took these proactive steps because it had watched with dismay \u201crecent attacks on law enforcement and INEC\u2019s facilities in some parts of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Condemning these attacks, he said the Commission saw the need to convey the meeting with security agencies to discourse all possible strategies to nip in the bud actions likely to truncate the successful conduct of the general elections.<\/p>\n<p>He described the actions as unpatriotic attacks on democracy and by extension and human rights protection architecture of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Ojukwu, however, noted that recent elections in Osun, Ekiti and Anambra had shown that a well informed and well-trained law enforcement machinery could play in producing peaceful and people-oriented centred electoral outcomes in accordance with electoral and human rights principles.<\/p>\n<p>He said: The 2023 election is a significant milestone in our journey towards consolidating our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 1999, when Nigeria began its current democratic voyage, the NHRC has been playing a fundamental role in advancing Nigeria\u2019s democracy through development of programmes aimed at integrating human rights into the electoral process and supporting democratic istitutuons and election management bodies to deliver on their mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commission role in this regard is founded on the recognition of the importance of the consolidation democracy in the realisation of all human rights in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo put it succinctly, the fulfilment and enjoyment of human rights are critical cannons of a properly functioning democratic system as a thriving democracy provides an enabling environment for human rights to thrive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Human Rights Officer added that the 2023 general elections were coming at time when Nigeria continued to face huge human rights challenges, ranging from insecurity, weak law enforcement, poverty and inequalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission is hopeful that the 2023 elections will be coming of age for Nigeria as it emerges as a mode for free, fair and credible elections in Africa and enthrone a government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stakeholders invited for this forum include representatives of the Nigerian Police, NSCDC, FRSC and DSS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a reflection of our vision of law enforcement and national security architecture that understands the place of human rights in our democracy which respects and upholds the normative and express principles of our law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are using this platform to advocate for accountability measures to be put in place to check excesses of the few elements who will go outside the protocols and principles guiding the operations of these agencies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, goodwill messages were presented by the Nigeria Bar Association, Benin branch, Ford Foundation and heads of participating security agencies<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NRHC), has stated that the level of readiness and commitment of security agency personnel across the country will determine the peaceful outcome of the 2023 general elections. 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