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NCHR Scores FG Low on Human Rights From Agaju Madugba in Kaduna The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has scored the Federal Government low in its respect for fundamental human rights of Nigerians even as it described the recent enforcement of the Public Order Act as a descent into dictatorship and an attempt to foist a one-party state on Nigerians. According to the Commission, five years after the end of military dictatorship, the nation's democratic government has not shown any significant improvement in the protection of basic rights of citizens, as enshrined in the Constitution. NHRC Executive Secretary, Bukhari Bello, who stated this in Kaduna regretted that, "the seeming lack of response to tackle the general state of insecurity in the country and the many cases of arbitrary deprivation of life is no doubt an abdication of responsibility by government to its citizens". Bello spoke at a two-day workshop on legislative and governance monitoring organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development. Reviewing various aspects of governance since the past five years, he lamented that, "the return to democratic rule in 1999 rekindled our collective hope for a prosperous and egalitarian nation, founded on democratic ideals (but) indicators on ground do not totally justify the initial euphoria. "Inspite of the inviolable nature of the right to life, the reality of our present day Nigeria does not portray respect for the sanctity of life. Apart from the spate of ethnic/religious conflicts which is gradually threatening the fabric of our nation leading to loss of lives and property, the activities of security agencies especially the police, have become a very serious source of concern. "Extra-judicial killing of innocent Nigerians by security agents, under the guise of crisis management or crime prevention has become an unacknowledged state policy". Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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