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HRCRC Headquarters visit Onuayim Branch

As a grassroot oriented organization, HRCRC has spread across the 13 local government areas of the state over 25 branches. Today a team from HRCRC headquarters visited her newly formed and inaugurated branch at Onuayim Isieke branch to encourage her members.

In this fight to curb injustice and entrench human rights, whilst encouraging peaceful coexistence through conflict resolution strategies, there are numerous sacrifices and hazard. However, we are excited and convinced that this walk is for the utmost good of humanity, and we shall walk the walk.

We are grateful to our Onuayim branch for their doggedness towards this cause.

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HRCRC and Partners Pay Advocacy Visits to Radio Nigeria Abakaliki, Commissioner of Police and Prison Comptroller Abakaliki

in furtherance of our efforts in promoting peace, the Rule of law and Justice, HRCRC and personnel of the newly opened state office of the National Human Rights Commission NHRC, and a CSO – Youths for Human Rights, visited Radio Nigeria management to further consolidate the existing relationship between the bodies to help propagate the tenets of peace in the very fragile society we now live in.

Also, we visited The Commissioner of Police, Abakaliki Command and the Comptroller of Prisons, Abakaliki to deliberate on ways and strategies to help reduce the rising spate of human rights abuses both in the prisons and in the society.

Representing HRCRC was George Etamesor – Acting Director, Gana Stephens and Moses Ekeke, and Chris Okorie – State Coordinator National Human Rights Commission Abakaliki and staff and the team of Youths for Human Rights, Abakaliki.

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HRCRC Observes Elections in Ebonyi State

HRCRC is proud to have observed the conduct of the presidential elections in Ebonyi State.

Apart from a few isolated technical and logistical glitches around the state, it was an attestation to the fact that Nigeria and indeed Nigerians are slowly maturing from the adolescent democracy we’ve had into an adult one.

We sympathize with the families and friends of Igwe and Sunday who lost their lives in an attack on the eve of the elections; and wish speedy recovery on Simon, Alo and Simon who were also injured in same attack in Amagu in Ebonyi State.

Noticeable however was a very low turn out of voters; with an average of 38% of registered voters carrying out their franchise in their polling units. Many blamed it on the postponement.

As collation continues, HRCRC urges a sustenance of the peaceful and decent conduct exhibited by electorates and citizens generally.

Finally, we demand that INEC Ebonyi learn from the shortcomings in the conduct of the presidential elections and replicate the successes of the just concluded elections in the state elections coming up in a fortnight.