The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Miss Navi Pillay, has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to seek
regional assistance in order to end the insurgency in the north east.
Miss Pillay, who rounded off her
visit to Nigeria with a news conference in Abuja on Friday, describes
the activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group as a terrible conflict
which was no longer an internal problem of Nigeria.
She also advised the government to
tackle the scourge of corruption, which she said was holding back the
nations development and undermining people’s social and economic rights.
Pillay’s visit also offered her the
opportunity of assessing Nigeria’s human rights record, as she had
visited the National Human Rights Commission on arrival to Nigeria.
She told the officials of the commission to provide information that would end the culture of impunity in Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary of the
commission, Professor Bem Angwe, reaffirmed the commission’s commitment
to protecting the rights of all Nigerians at all times.
She also held a meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation
and the Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, where the minister told her
that the government would respect the order of the court on executing
condemned prisoners, but stressed that there was no going back on same
sex marriage.
The high commissioner, however,
appealed to the Federal Government to abolish death penalty and also
review the same sex marriage act, saying it violates the rights of some
persons.
The working visit by the United
Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights to Nigeria is aimed at forging
a new partnership that will ensure the protection of peoples’ rights.
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