Rights Protection: NHRC Tags Kano Human Rights Friendly   -As Ganduje eulogises state anti-corruption agency’s activities 

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Rights Protection: NHRC Tags Kano Human Rights Friendly 
 -As Ganduje eulogises state anti-corruption agency’s activities 
Zainab Tanimu 
Kaduna, North-West, Nigeria
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has described Kano as human rights-friendly state. It calls on other states to follow suit as Human rights protection and promotion are vital ingredients for sustainable democracy and development. 
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kano State, Abba Anwar, Monday 17th February, 2020 and made available to newsmen.
The assessment was made by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu, when he led members of
the NHRC Special Investigation Panel on Sexual and Gender Based Violence, to pay a courtesy call to governor Ganduje, at his office, Sunday night. 
The Commission convinced by the records of human rights protection by the Kano state government, under Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said,
“While we appreciate what the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption
Commission is doing, we commend the governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for doing very well in human rights protection. The governor is doing extremely well in this all-important direction, ‘ says Ojukwu.
According to him, the choice of Kano for the sitting of the Special Investigation Panel of his Commission was not by accident.
 “When we were discussing on which of the 7 states in this North West geopolitical zone should host our sitting, we
unanimously agreed to come to Kano and hold the sitting.
 Your Excellency the choice of Kano is appreciatively deliberate.”
Harping and attaching the successes the state recorded in the area of human rights protection to the state Anti-Corruption Commission, governor Ganduje commended the untiring effort of the Commission,  with specific commendation to the leadership of the Commission, under Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado.
Saying that, “While we appreciate his good work and that of his staff, we also give the Commission free hand to operate. It is as a result of this approach that a serving Commissioner then lost his job, as a result of investigation conducted by the Commission. So also some Permanent Secretaries, Directors among others also followed suit to loose their jobs due to Commission’s investigation.”
The statement added that, of over 7,000 cases that were treated by the state Anti-Corruption Commission,  over 30 percent of them were human rights related cases.
Disclosing how his administration’s effort in strengthening human rights related agency has boost the state’s image in the face of human rights protection and promotion, Governor Ganduje said.
“We have offices of the state Anti-Corruption body in all our 44 local governments. All the offices were built and none of the offices were rented  because we want to run away from any form of intimidation from landlords.
And at the state office, we have equipped the office with modern communication gadgets for smooth operation of the office.”
“Educating our children is another rights that must be protected. That is why we said free and compulsory primary and secondary education. So, denying children from going to school is another form of rights deprivation.
I am therefore calling on the National Human Rights Commission to delve into this and see that the rights of our children are not tampered with,” he urges. 
The statement further said that the government is taking stock of all the out-of -school children and that penalty awaits  parents and guardians who fail to enrol  their children in schools. 
According to Governor Ganduje, “…the state is taking stock of all out-of-school children. Once we have all the statistics then we swing into action. We have already notified parents and guardians that whoever hides his or her child from going to school,  that is an offence. 
And one must be brought to book. So we want NHRC to, in the spirit of human rights protection of our children in this context, to come and join hands with us. The rights of our children must be protected.” He said.
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