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#HumanRightsDay: Gov. Ishaku is Best Human Right Friendly Governor In The North- Group


Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has been rated as the best human right friendly Governor in the Northern part of the Country in commemoration of the International human right day.
This was disclosed by the Co Chairman of the Constitutional Rights Awareness and Liberty Initiatives Adeola Oyinlade during a conference at the United State consulate in Lagos.
The Governor was picked based on his stance for tolerance to opposition parties, freedom of peaceful assembly,education,right to collective bargain and others.
In his Goodwill message, Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku said he has created fifty Chiefdoms in order to engage people at the grassroots in governance and has adopted proactive measures to end banditry,farmers and herders crisis,Kidnapping and theft.
He stated that Taraba State is the most peaceful in the Northeast now contending with issues bordering on Internally displaced persons and promised to play the role of a big brother to give new lease of lives to the displaced.
The Governor expressed happiness on the educational drive of the state that has made it possible for him to employ,train and retraining teachers with WAEC performance of students now targeting eighty percent against the sixteen percent he met when he came onboard as Governor of the state.
Governor Ishaku commended the Human right initiatives for their painstaking effort by following his good work that has impacted positively on the lives of Tarabans.
In his key note address, former Commissioner of Justice, Ekiti State Olumide Ayeni averred that tenth of December is usually celebrated as International human right day as adopted by the United Nations.
Speaking on the theme,Human right panacea to National Peace and Development the roles of State Government,stated that the people have rights to life,liberty,freedom, speech,expression, education, conscience and religion.
Governor of Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi was rated as the best human right friendly Governor for the western part of the Country while that of the Southern part went to Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State.

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