NHRC Trains Staff To Combat Rising Cases Of Elder Abuse In Nigeria

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has intensified efforts to tackle the growing incidence of elder abuse in Nigeria by training its personnel to better protect the rights and dignity of older persons across the country.
Speaking at the second phase of a one-day capacity-building workshop for staff of the Commission’s Vulnerable Groups Department in Abuja on Tuesday, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu, said the training was designed to strengthen the capacity of officers as frontline human rights defenders in preventing and responding to abuse against elderly Nigerians.
Ojukwu said the initiative comes at a critical time as Nigeria experiences a steady increase ...