“When It Comes To Human Rights In Nigeria, There Is Nothing To Celebrate” – Banky W Laments

Nigerian singer, Banky W has weighed in on the cutting-edge state of Human Rights in Nigeria. According to Banky, the International human rights day was celebrated global and it’s heartbreaking to say the authorities has finished not anything approximately enhancing the country of human rights inside the country. He believes Nigeria has nothing to have fun as there’s nevertheless quite a few paintings to be completed. He wrote, It’s heartbreaking to take inventory of in which we are. Yesterday become International Human Rights Day. We’ve been working with the European Union and the British Council on a campaign – “sixteen days of Activism in opposition to Gender Based Violence and Sexual Assault”, and the previous day, as we introduced the marketing campaign to a near, we mentioned the modern country of Human Rights in Nigeria.

Sowore, in spite of being granted bail with the aid of the Court, changed into re-arrested less than 24 hours later in a brazen assault at the Judiciary & the guideline of regulation in Nigeria. Abba Jalingo continues to be locked up for criticising a Governor. Sahara newshounds have had their Nigerian bank bills frozen with no clarification, and belongings seized. As some distance as Gender Equality is going… the Gender Equality bill did now not make it beyond a 2nd studying earlier than being shut down inside the National Assembly. And yet the social media invoice is on its manner to a 3rd. Our constitution basically says that ladies are 2d elegance citizens, yet that isn’t deemed a critical sufficient issue… as a substitute, humans like Elisha Abbo (the senator that bodily assaulted a woman for daring to invite him to relax) is one of the “leaders” brazenly pushing for the social media invoice to skip, with a purpose to once and for all prevent ALL people from speakme up towards awful governance. There is a completely apparent, blatant assault on unfastened speech and the freedom of expression occurring proper before our eyes.

There is an emergency on the subject of the treatment of ladies and youngsters.. when Senators are allowed to marry teens and physically assault girls… while 1 in four girls in Nigeria are sufferers of sexual attack – the youngest affected person of the Mirabelle Center is a three month vintage girl, the oldest is an eighty some thing–yr–antique Grandma. When it comes to Human Rights in Nigeria.. there may be not anything to celebrate, there’s simply a whole lot of labor to do. We need to all do something. Maybe u can name/email your Senators and Reps? Maybe we can all can post on line and get the eye of International News Media that allows you to be part of us in pressuring our Government? Maybe U can volunteer/donate to a Sexual Assault Referral Center? Just do some thing. Anything.