The National Vice-President, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), Prof. Ade Ikuesan, has called for public awareness on human rights.
He charged comrades of the committee in Kwara to embark on vigorous sensitization of citizens to enable them know when their rights are violated or trampled upon.
Ikuesan made the appeal while speaking at the biennial state convention of the Kwara chapter of the CDHR on Saturday at the Labour House in Ilorin.,
He also urged Nigerians to stand up and fight for their rights.
He noted that majority of Nigerians hardly know when their rights are violated and how to fight against such violations, hence the need for advocacy to create the right awareness on what action to take.
He advised the comrades to visit law courts and police stations, among others, regularly to identify innocent citizens whose human rights had been violated and languishing in jail without any rescue.
The vice president described membership of the committee as call to selfless service and sacrifice for the down trodden and voiceless.
The Coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Kwara, Mrs Jumoke Olaoye, noted that volume of human rights violations existed in the state.
She observed that pandemic of child abuse by psychologically troubled parents is the current trend in the society now.
Jumoke, while commending the efforts of the committee so far in the state, called for more vigorous education on the rights of the child citizens.
The General Manager of Diamond FM Radio, Ilorin, Mr Micheal Olarewaju, urged the new executive of the committee led by Comrade Lukman Afolabi not to close its eyes to human rights violations of the citizens.
He pledged robust synergy between the radio station and the committee in the efforts to fight human rights violations in the state.
In his acceptance speech, the re-elected Chairman, Lukman Afolabi, called on security agencies to stand firm in defending the rights of people, as human rights and security have a place for the survival of democracy in Nigeria.
