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Babtech001:
Popular Nigerian rapper, Falz has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to demand the reconstitution of the National Human Rights Commissions (NHRC) board.

This comes amid the ongoing protests across the country by youths demanding an end to police brutality.

Taking to his Instagram and Twitter accounts to share the letter, the Law graduate and son of popular Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, who has been at the forefront of the protest asked Buhari to treat the letter as urgent.



https://www.instagram.com/p/CGW-TRLB74M/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

The letter titled REQUEST FOR RECONSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR THE DISCHARGE OF ITS FUNCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NIGERIA read;

“I hereby write to Your Excellency as regards the above topic.

It has been brought to my knowledge via a statement by your Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina, that the Federal Government has accepted the 5-point request of the ENDSARS protests presented by well-meaning Nigerian youths.

"This statement went on to state that there would be an independent investigation Panel to look into the violations of Human Rights by the defunct SARS and other segments of the Nigeria Police.

Quoting Mr Adeshina's statement : "The Forum agrees to the setting up of this independent panel by the National Human Rights Commission within the next one week"

It is pertinent to note that Section 5 the National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Act 2010 empowers the National Human Rights Commission itself to receive complaints and investigate all alleged cases of human rights violations in Nigeria and make appropriate recommendations to the President.

The detailed and concise provisions of this Section adequately empower the Human Rights Commission to look into these cases by itself. The Commission need not set up another panel for the exercise of its functions.

More importantly, the National Human Rights Commission ought to have a Governing Council under Section 2 of the National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Act consisting of the following people:

(a) a chairman who shall be a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria or the Court of Appeal or a retired judge of the High Court of a State;

(b) a representative each of the following Federal Ministries-
(i) Justice; (ii) Foreign Affairs; (iii) Internal Affairs;

(c) three representatives of registered human rights organisations in Nigeria;

(d) two legal practitioners who shall not have less than ten years post qualification experience;

(e) three representatives of the media, at least, two of whom shall be from the private sector;

(f) three other persons to represent a variety of interests; and

(g) the executive secretary of the Commission.
As it stands now, the National Human Rights Commission has remained without the Governing Council since 2015 and still remains without it. The unfortunate circumstance has led to the aggravation of human rights abuse.

According to Section 7(3) of the National Human Rights Commission Act, the Executive Secretary of the Commission does not have the power to act without a Governing Council.

In the light of the foregoing, I hereby call on Your Excellency to immediately reconstitute the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission and to do so publicly as well as transparently in order to restore the confidence of young Nigerians in your proposed police reform process.

Failure to do this would force young Nigerians to believe that the continuous refusal to re-constitute the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission is a deliberate attempt to mislead us into thinking genuine efforts are being made at reforming the Nigeria Police, when in truth the opposite is the case.

“I am confident that Your Excellency will grant my humble request in order to guarantee the protection of the fundamental human rights of all Nigerians.
Yours faithfully,

“Folarin "Falz" Falana”.

https://featured24.com/endpolicebrutality-falz-writes-president-buhari-demands-reconstitution-of-nhrc-board/

Lalasticlala

Hand of Esau, the voice of Jacob.....If you know you know.

iamdynamite:
so what should they do to all sarz officials?

What you are seeing now is no longer SARS protest but an accumulated revolution that has bwen on the heart of Nigerians ever since Buhari took over power with his lackadaisical attitude to governance.

As per what should be done to Sars official, they need to go though some rigorous psychiatric and integrity test first.

majamajic:
I don't understand

Dem no end Sars again ?

They've ended the name "SARS but not the personnel of SARS as if the name SARS was the problem. Remember how they changed the name NEPA to PHCN but the problem still continues.


What IGP did was thanking them for a job weldone by redeploying them into another unit to go and continue their rascality elsewhere.


The problem is not the name SARS but the personnel of SARS.

As it stands, revolution is gradually taking place, it has gone beyond END SARS.

2cuteoflyfe:
Lolz this was me way back when I was still like the lead tenor singer in my church choir! [b]well but now Omo boy dosent even go to church anymore! Hustling has made us enter stree[/b]t fully! God gat us though

Don't be a Demas and don't wait until you start paying bills on the street like the prodigal son b4 you remember your father's house.

Ending of SARS will not stop anything because if you end it, the real arm robbers and touts will jubilate. Also, ending it won't solve the problem because the same officers will be move to another police departments or given a new tag. Fish the corrupt ones out and make them pay heavily for their misconduct.

In Nigeria, we are good at changing names instead of addressing the problem. A typical example is NEPA to PHCN.

Ending of SARS will not stop anything because if you end it, the real arm robbers and touts will jubilate. Also, ending it won't solve the problem because the same officers will be move to another police departments or given a new tag. Fish the corrupt ones out and make them pay heavily for their misconduct.

In Nigeria, we are good at changing names instead of addressing the problem. A typical example is NEPA to PHCN.

modsfucker:
So how many times has the Vatican been attacked before he came into power? Can we now conclude that all the previous US Presidents had the purported Trump's ideology?

Your comment shows you lack understanding of the time and season that we are in. WAKE UP!

Do have a Great day.

modsfucker:
But Trump will not be the President of the US for life.. Who'd be stopping the attack when he eventually leaves office after his 8 years?

After his 8yrs, someone who share the same ideology with him will mount the exalted office.

Upon arrival, men were separated from boys.

If you know you know

Friend22:
Which speaker?
A speaker that was sworn in the dead of the night?
How many members are currently in the house?
Please spare me the platitudes.

They were sworn in the dead of the night so that they can become Oshiomole's nightmare.

rangerover:
WTF is wrong with you. The phone is meant to be off in the plane. Do you realize how many people you put at risk just to do the video. STUPID

May God upgrade you from economy (where they tell people to off their phone) to first class where your phone can be on throughout the duration of the flight IJN

Now, repeat after me, God punish poverty.

WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?

Some say it's because God is trying to teach them something.

Others say it's a mystery and we cannot know why.

But God's Word is crystal clear about the matter - Bad things happen to good people because good people, oftentimes, do foolish things.

As it is written,
"Man's own foolish decisions are the root cause of his problems but he has the temerity to blame it all on the Lord" (Proverbs 19:3, PBV).

"People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord." NLT.

Indeed, bad things stop happening to us the moment we stop making foolish decisions.

So, if you are reading this right now and you you've been angry with the Lord over the bad things happening in your life, despite the fact that you being "born again", go to church etc etc it's time to go on your knees and ask the Lord for mercy.

Let us pray and ask God for mercy.

This deity don suffer

I hope it's not ONE of those strikes where government will subtract 5naira from the amount and NLC will agree to it? If yes, there is no point calling for strike. REVERT TO THE OLD PUMP PRICE OR NOTHING.

NeoWanZaeed:
because of goat..
stupid Nigerians..

and people wey steal billions and murder us roam around freely..


nonsense

Don't forget, the serpent in Genesis later turned into dragon in Revelation.

Perhaps those politician started by stealing goat and was ignored and they later turned into what they are today.

heendrix:
What is Yoruba Muslim? is that a particular Race to

There are three kinds of Yoruba namely:-
Yoruba Christian
Yoruba Muslim
Yoruba fetish

Strike that will end up with #5 being removed from the fuel price? If they are serious, they shouldn't even be negotiating in the first place because when government hiked the fuel price, they didn't negotiate.

lefulefu:
probably the man might have married over there as well.Wen u see a guy overseas who is married and he"s not concerned about bringing his wife over then know for sure he has a woman there .Its not that complex when u overseas and want to bring over ur spouse to join u..except if u there illegally

Not that he doesn't want to but the problem is that he doesn't trust her enough to do such because many have done it and it became the beginning of their downfall.....the woman upon opening eyes, now rules over the husband and many are now homeless as a result because the law favours the women.

Still better than a certain dullard from Daura with no certificate.

Oshoboy01:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2020/09/22/akeredolu-apc-will-lose-ondo-primate-ayodele/

This is not prophecy but political tumbo tumbo las calabar

The fear of Sanction from US & EU and UK is the beginning of wisdom for Perennial election riggers.

Sermwell:
The concept of religion doesn't make sense to me at all. I have a lot of questions I want to ask but we seem not to be ready for this conversation. One of the questions is the picture attached below.
Does anybody feel same or I'm the only one??

cc: lalasticlala
cc: Seun

The same reason your school didn't just handover certificate to you but allowed you to pass through process called test and exams etc. despite the fact that they can, if they wish to.

God doesn't abuse His power; He is a just God and he gives everyone time to think about their action.

Binikingdowm:
If ize iyamu failed to win this 2020 election I'll personally call myself a bastard here on nairaland and you can insult me the way you like, I'll deactivate my moniker afterwards..

When I say this election is so easy for Ize iyamu, he's a grassroot politician that speaks Benin, marry to Benin woman not Igbo and live his life in Benin. He's ours.

Oshiomole knows how to handle Edo north I trust him.

We'll rig and move him out of office,his supporters can wail and cry online.

If you don't have a voters card to vote in Edo please shut up.

See mine

If I agree with now, you are finished but I forgive you coz u spoke like a child.

It took some level of sacrifice for him to get to this level

Should we also start a petition for America, EU and UK to ban FFK from travelling abroad based on Domestic Violence?

Below is the link to the petition ....

https://www.change.org/p/council-of-the-european-union-petition-for-the-government-of-the-uk-and-the-eu-to-place-a-travel-ban-on-nasir-el-rufai?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_24716163_en-GB%3A3&recruiter=1142795331&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

Halexgos3:
But Mr Eazy want her daughter

Yes and that is more than Ferrari because if he can seal it with marriage boy oh boy.....

Halexgos3:
What about Mr Eazy?

What Mr Eazy got is more than Ferrari.

Congrats

mrsough:
Why does celebrity marriages never last?

I asked the Lord that one time and he revealed to me the reason why. Do you want to know what he told me?