Nigeria: NHRC Calls for End to Modern Day Slavery

23 August 2020

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for an end to all forms of modern day slavery to pave the way for full enjoyment of human rights by all rural and urban poor, the rich, the downtrodden, the displaced and the homeless.

Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu, made the call on the eve of the 2020 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (IDRVS).

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