Mokwa Flood: NHRC asks for better preparation for catastrophes in …

● Record over 275,000 human rights complaints in May

The executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Tony Ojukwu, asked for better preparation and protection of catastrophes for internal displaced people (IDP) in the country.

The call followed the recent disaster of floods in Mokwa, in the state of the Niger, where over 200 human lives were lost due to a devastating flood.

Ojukwu made the call to the monthly dashboard for human rights of the commission held Tuesday in Abuja, where he announced the launch of a new quarterly human rights and internal movements, the first in its kind in the history of Nigeria, to face the growing crisis of displaced people in the country.

The head of the NHRC, while stating that the initiative, developed in collaboration with the UNIPLE HIGH Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), will systematically follow and will face the challenges that have to face IDP, asylum seekers, refugees and repatriated, revealed that between February and April the Commission has recorded over 40,000 travel accidents and 1,460 rights of the rights of vulnerable groups.

He complained that many continued to suffer from inadequate shelter, lack of health care and violations of systematic rights in the country.

Ojukwu also launched the alarm for the growing humanitarian crisis and rights in Nigeria, revealing that the Commission has recorded over 275,256 complaints in the month of May alone.

He observed that the overwhelming number of complaints was a clear indication that “too many Nigerians feel unprotected” and that the country risks normalizing anguish and impunity.

He said: “When over a quarter of million people arrive at the National Human Rights Commission in just one month, the message is strong and clear.

The head of the NHRC highlighted the wide range of violations of witness rights in May, including violent attacks in the north -est, sexual violence and mass deaths from natural disaster.

Ojukwu has announced that the Commission will enter in collaboration with Ability Live Initiative Allies, a group of civil society focused on the rights of people with disabilities.

He said that the partnership tries to face a profound discrimination against the 5 million estimated Nigerians who live with disabilities, which continue to face limited access to education, employment and public services.

“This partnership aims to ensure that people with disabilities are not simply included but are actively participating in social and economic spheres,” said Ojukwu, at the same time in government agencies, development partners and civil society organizations to use dashboard not only as data tools but as mechanisms to make authorities responsible and improve human rights results.

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