2021; A Time to domesticate what we learned abroad 2021; A Time to domesticate what we learned abroad This piece gained its frames from a statement issued in Lagos, Nigeria by the Social And Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA), a Lagos-Based Non Governmental, as part of its programme to mark the annual World Human Rights Day held on December 10, 2020, and had as theme; Recover Better-Stand Up For Human Rights, was issued in Lagos, Nigeria. The right group aside from chronicling how Nigeria as a nation ‘stands a better chance of not failing if it abides by the basic principle that has helped other countries progress; social cohesion through sharing the benfits of progress, equal opportunities for all, and meritocracy, with the best man or woman for the job, especially as leaders in governemt’, the statement posed but rhectorically these qustions; how has Nigeria fared since independence in October 1960, in protecting the rights of its citizens? Secondly and more specific, how authentic has the present Federal Government of Nigeria been in keeping to its campaign promises made to Nigerians?