The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tony Ojukwu, Esq., has called for
respect for human rights of everyone living in Nigeria while enforcing the COVID-19 protocols.
Ojukwu made this call while receiving in audience a delegation from the Taipei Trade Office in Nigeria, led by the representative of the Trade office to Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu.
The Executive Secretary who expressed gratitude at the visit by the delegation said “we must begin to learn to live and work with COVID for now, as such basic human rights should be respected while ensuring that the COVID-19 protocols are respected and duly followed”.
Ojukwu took the opportunity of the visit to appreciate the government of Taiwan for donating face masks to the Commission at the peak of the pandemic in 2020.
He described the gesture as one that was critical to the work of the Commission, noting that wearing the masks enhanced staff members’ strict compliance with the use of non-pharmaceutical preventive measures against the pandemic which is ravaging the world.
Speaking further, Ojukwu said shared experience with other countries in the field of human rights would not only strengthen the work of the Commission, but would also emphasise shared humanity, adding that the fight for the entrenchment of human rights and fundamental freedoms was a common goal of every one regardless of colour or creed.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Andy Yih-Ping Liu, who was accompanied by his wife, spoke on the long-term relationship that exists between Nigeria and Taiwan.
While stressing the need to sustain the mutual bilateral relations Yih-Ping Liu expressed the readiness of his country to assist Nigeria in advancing the course of human rights through exchange programmes and other areas of interest. (Theconclaveng)
