Alhasan Bala,Abuja
The National Human Rights Commission has called on the government at all levels and other stakeholders to expedite efforts to rollback COVID-19 pandemic particularly among the vulnerable groups.
Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq. who stated this at a stakeholders’ workshop in Abuja titled, “Analysis of survey on the level of achievement on child rights & SDGs:
Ojukwu stated that Government obligation under the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) represent the highest global commitment to a bright future for the world’s children .
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According to the Chief Human Rights Officer in Nigeria, “the COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences for children and risks which tend to reverse decades of progress realised for their rights.
The NHRC Boss therefore expressed concern that while children who contract COVID-19 seem to have fewer symptoms and low mortality rates, severe knock-on impacts are affecting children.
,he observed that with the COVID-19 pandemic, children face heightened threats of witnessing or physical and psychological violence.
The Executive Secretary observed that “children are increasingly being pushed into child labour and early marriage.
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The stakeholders’ workshop was held to gather the necessary inputs to draft a national report on children’s rights to be submitted at the 2021 global review of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
It will be recalled that at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic early in the year, the NHRC issued various human rights advisories and guidelines to the various agencies of government including the law enforcement agencies .
Stakeholders at the workshop include: Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Federal Ministry of Education, Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, NAPTIP, FIDA, CLEEN Foundation, FIDA, Save the Children,
