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Stakeholders fault rights commission bill Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has distanced himself from any wrongdoing in the procurement of arms and ammunition running into billions of naira from 2011 till date. x Appearing before the Olaide Akinremi–– led House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the matter in Abuja, the COAS said it behoved the lawmakers to ask “specific individuals” involved in the deals to account for the funds budgeted for procurement of weapons over the years. He noted: “You may wish to rec...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The proposed National Human Rights Commission Repeal and Re-enactment bill, 2020 may have run into stormy waters as stakeholders on Monday at a public hearing differed. The Nigerian Army which has always been at the crossfire of human rights abuse and other security agencies picked holes from some of the provisions of the proposed bill. This was as the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr Anthony Ojukwu, a Professor of law, Ademola Popoola and others, sought Judicial Power for the Commission. Monday’s public hearing lacked convergence of ideas from the enti...

Nigerian Army, AGF fault National Human Rights Commission Bill Nigerian Army, AGF fault National Human Rights Commission Bill • As Commission insists on judicial powers Share The Nigerian Army, Ministry of Justice and the Human Right Commission, on Monday, expressed divergent opinions on certain provisions of the proposed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Repeal and Re-enactment Bill 2020. The occasion was the one-day public hearing held by the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters held at the National Assembly. Chief ...