The pro-human rights group, the Civil Liberties
Organisation, has said the administration of
President Goodluck Jonathan deserves
commendation for advancing the frontiers of
fundamental human rights in the country.
The group, which addressed the press in Lagos on
Tuesday, said Jonathan should be lauded for his
commitment towards the entrenchment of
democratic ideals and values in the country.
The CLO President, Igho Akeregha and Executive
Director, Ibuchukwu Ezike, who jointly addressed the
press, said that by creating a more democratic and
freer political space, Jonathan’s administration had
been able to stem the tide of politically-motivated
assassination as was witnessed in the recent past.
It also cited the signing into law of the Freedom of
Information Act, the independence of the judiciary,
observation of the 35 per cent affirmative action on
women’s participation in governance and the recent
National Conference as gestures which exemplified
Jonathan’s commitment towards the respect for the
sanctity of citizens’ fundamental human rights in the
country.
It said, “It is worthy to note that the state of basic and
fundamental rights have generally improved under
the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan…
The CLO also observes that there is still a long way to
go in consolidating the human rights situation in
Nigeria but is encouraged by the resilience of the
current administration in entrenching democratic
ideals and values in governance processes.
“In the area of political assassinations, the country
has witnessed remarkable progress as there is hardly
the occurrence of the ugly incident. The cases of the
late Harry Marshal, Bola Ige, Funsho Williams, Dipo
Dina, Daramola in Ekiti, Dr. Ogbonnaya Uche in Imo
and many others are sad reminders of the past.”
The organisation, however, expressed concern over
the spate of political violence in the build-up to the
general elections in spite of the Peace Accord
recently signed in Abuja.
It warned that pre-election violence could easily
undermine the democratic gains recorded by the
country in the last 16 years.
It said that if Nigerians were not reassured, there
might be a low turn-out on the Election Day, a
situation which it said might put a question mark on
the credibility or general acceptance of the eventual
winner of the poll.
www.punchng.com/news/clo-scores-jonathan-high-on-human-rights/

I tok am.

Goodluck is a Good man

How bout Buhari's score?

-0

abangaLEE:
How bout Buhari's score?

Ok

abangaLEE:
How bout Buhari's score?

His oppressive record is "legendary". That man wicked no be small.

At times when I look at how APC e-rats reason I can only come to the conclusion that some spiritual forces must be at work. Their thinking defies logic. They'll call someone clueless, slow and dumb today but call him Pharaoh and Nebuchadenezzar tomorrow.