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Ojukwu approves capacity building training for NHRC staff
The Management of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has approved a 10-month structured staff training programme in line with the Commission’s Act 1995 as amended.
While declaring programme open on Monday, the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Commission, Dr. Tony Ojukwu, OFR, charged benefiting staff to make effective use of the opportunity, to acquire skills that would reflect in their productivity in the various departments and the overall performance of the organization in discharge of its mandates.
The capacity training programme which centres on “Concept development and Report writing.”
According to Ojukwu who was represented by the NHRC Director, Economic, Social and Cultural Department, Isioma Nwosa, the maiden workshop was “designed to educate our investigators and legal officers with the knowledge and competences required to effectively handle complaints relating to our nation’s economic, social and cultural rights.
“Economic, social and cultural rights department schedule is to promote, protect and provide redress for victims of rights violations including the right to healthy healthcare, education, labour, food, water, and sanitation.”
He maintained that this means that there is demand for structured and well articulated interventions which in turn require strong foundational skills in concept development and report writing.
“This workshop therefore gives also a direct response to the recent internal restructuring within the department which has expanded the professional responsibilities of staff. Our capacities must keep pace with the mandates and this training is one step in that direction.
“I have given approval for a 10-month structured training programme aimed at training staff capacities in investigating and resolving complaints. This initiative will resuscitate the commission’s mandate under the NHRC Act 1995 as amended which empowers to organize workshops, seminars and conferences in furtherance of human rights protection and protection. It also reflects our commitment to staff development and institutional excellence.”
He charged the participants to be actively engaged in the workshop to make best use of the opportunity to enhance their skills.
According to Ojukwu, “To all participants, I encourage you to engage actively, ask questions, seek clarifications, share experiences that will help you to come out of this training, armed with practical skills you can apply to enhance and reflect on your work and to make tangible impact on promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights.
The Department of economic, social and cultural rights has the mandate of the commission which is the promotion, protection and development of human rights, undertakes a number of initiatives that are unique to the work that they do.
To effectively implement these initiatives, it is important that staff are prepared with strong proposals and report writing skills to enable them to conceptualise, educate and properly document department programmes and activities.
Some of the technical papers presented by the workshop consultant, Mrs Ifeoma Nwakama mni, include Concept Development Overview, steps and guide” and “Steps for effective report writing”
Several candidates recently shortlisted for recruitment into the Nigerian Army from Imo State have sustained varying degrees of injuries after the vehicle conveying them to the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria, Kaduna State, was involved in a road accident on Saturday.
The candidates were said to be travelling to the training institution to commence their basic military training when the accident occurred.
Military sources familiar with the incident disclosed that the journey was being coordinated under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel P.D. Ngal.
A military source said the victims had successfully passed the recruitment process and were heading to the Depot Nigerian Army in Zaria to begin their recruit training before the accident disrupted the journey.
“The candidates from Imo State were on their way to the Depot Nigerian Army in Zaria to begin their recruit training when the accident happened this morning,” the source said.
Videos seen by our correspondent showed several injured candidates lying by the roadside and inside damaged vehicles as emergency responders and other travellers made frantic efforts to evacuate them.
Many of the injured candidates were subsequently rushed to nearby hospitals for medical attention.
As of the time of filing this report, the exact cause of the accident and the number of casualties had yet to be officially confirmed.
Benue State Police Command has condemned the killing of the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Benue State chapter, Ardo Rabo Mohammed, and another man, Yakubu Isa, describing the attack as a senseless criminal act capable of undermining ongoing peace and security efforts in the state.
The victims were reportedly attacked by gunmen while returning from a security meeting along the Okwudu-Ogoli Road in Otukpo Local Government Area.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Cletus C.N. Nwadiogbu, condemned the killings and expressed condolences to the families of the deceased.
“The Commissioner of Police strongly condemns in its entirety the brutal killing of the Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Benue State chapter, Ardo Rabo Mohammed, and one Yakubu Isa, who were reportedly attacked by unknown assailants while returning from a security meeting along Okwudu-Ogoli Road, Otukpo,” the statement read.
According to the police, the command has commenced a full-scale investigation into the incident, with tactical and intelligence teams deployed to track down those responsible.
The Commissioner assured residents that the command would leave no stone unturned in ensuring the perpetrators are identified, arrested and prosecuted.
He appealed to members of the public to remain calm, avoid taking the law into their own hands, and refrain from spreading unverified information capable of escalating tensions.
The police also urged anyone with credible information that could aid the investigation to report to the nearest police station or contact the command through its emergency lines.
Three bandits have been arrested in Benue state after a lady who they had kidnapped and released, identified them at a motor park and raised alarm.
The k!kidnappers came to Ihotu park to board a vehicle to Makurdi and were met by the lady they had earlier kidnapped and released after collecting ransom from her relatives.
They were even using a bag they collected from the girl. The girl raised the alarm, held one inside the vehicle, and two took to their heels, but were caught.
They had a ghana-must-go bag at the back of the vehicle. N11m was found inside the bag.
Following the confirmation of their identity by another lady who was also their victim, mob gathered around with the intent to beat them up and possibly set them ablaze.
But the park manager decided to invite the police and soldiers who rescued them and took them to their station.
It was later gathered that the Benue state Governor, Rev. Father Hyacinth Alia called and said he was interested in the case which made the police to take the apprehended bandits to Makurdi, the state capital.
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