Nigerian Govt seeks swift action on rights of older people

Nigeria has called for swift enactment towards an internationally binding Instrument connected the rights of older people.

The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Dr Tony Ojukwu SAN, made the telephone successful Geneva, Switzerland, astatine the 2026 gathering of the Intergovernmental Working Group, IGWG, connected the rights of older persons.

This is contained successful a connection issued by Fatimah Agwai Mohammed, the Director of Corporate Affairs and External Linkages of the commission.

Ojukwu expressed concerns astir discrimination, negligence, and unit faced by older persons successful society.

The forum was organised by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, during the Human Rights Council gathering successful Geneva.

Ojukwu aligned with stakeholders successful calling for conceptual clarity connected ageism and diversified nationalist consultations.

He opined that collaboration with National Human Rights Institutions, NHRIs, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, older persons, and younker is captious to realizing the projected convention.

The elder advocator of Nigeria, stressed gathering ownership, sidestepping abstract debates, and securing a globally acclaimed normal for contiguous and tomorrow.

He reassured the forum of Nigeria’s quality rights committedness to its citizens and the internationa...