Police Commissioners in Nigeria have started a three-day sensitization workshop on Human Rights at the International Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The workshop was organised for the police commissioners to ensure the effective protection and promotion of human rights in the course of discharging their statutory responsibilities.
Speaking at the opening session, Mr Jesse Wachanga of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) said the support to the Justice sector project was funded by the European Union, which was being implemented across the country, adding that he believed it would contribute towards improved governance in compliance with rule of law in Nigeria.
He stressed that the involvement of the United Nations office on Drugs and Crimes at the level of the third project phase was a follow up on the recommendations on the implementation on the training programme to develop the National Roll Out Plan of the Nigeria Police Human Rights.
Wachanga also noted that all human principles were built on the idea that all human beings have inherent human dignity which must not be infringed upon, reminding the officers that as law enforcement officers closest to the citizens, they remained the first point of contact between the state and victims as well as suspects of crime.
Meanwhile, the Acting Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Alan Murray, opined that as development partners, they could only assist in the implementation of programmes already designed by Nigerians themselves.
He challenged those in position of authority to brace up for change that is being promoted by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, insisting that solution to Nigeria’s problems lied in the hands of Nigerians.
While fielding questions from journalists, the Inspector General of Police, who was represented by DIG, Department of Training and Development, Hashimu Salihu Argungju, said the training of senior officers was because of their sensitive positions, especially to enable them instruct junior officers appropriately.
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