Insecurity: 120 groups, activists call for protests, boycott of Democracy Day activities
The coalition called on Nigerians to join series of mass action across the country on May 26 to register their displeasure about the country s state of insecurity.
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A coalition of over 120 civil society organisations and activists has called on Nigerians to join series of mass actions in different parts of Nigeria on May 26 to register their displeasure about the worsening state of insecurity in the country.
The coalition in a statement on Sunday also urged Nigerian citizens to join “solemn assemblies” to mark what it described as the 4th national day of mourning and remembrance for victims of mass atrocities on May 28.
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Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, stop the escalating security concerns in the country.
They further alarmed that the first quarter of 2021 witnessed an all-time high fatalities mass atrocity incidences across the country.
The petitio signed by the Joint Action Civil Society Coalition/Nigeria Mourns Secretariat and made available to
Vanguard revealed that “Following its sharp increase of 43 per cent in mass atrocities 2020, Nigeria has continued to experience a decline in security across the nation. In the first quarter of 2021 (January to March), we recorded an all-time quarterly high of almost 2000 fatalities from mass atrocities incidents across the country. This week, across the 6 geopolitical zones, there were escalated combustions of violence resulting in even more deaths.
By Gabriel Ewepu
ABUJA-CIVIL Society Organisations, CSO, weekend, reacted to a recent judgment delivered on murder of George Floyd, by a police officer, Derek Chauvin, urged the judiciary in Nigeria to be independent and fearless in giving verdicts.
Speaking with Vanguard, they also threw weight behind on the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, for judicial and financial autonomy that strengthens the judicial process as hope for the common man.
According to them the strike should continue until a significant shift is achieved, because the ruling elites are too comfortable and insensitive.
Judgement depicts justice for all colours-Global Rights
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
Civil Society Organisations, CSO, weekend, reacted to a recent judgment delivered on the murder of George Floyd, by a police officer, Derek Chauvin, urged the judiciary in Nigeria to be independent and fearless in giving verdicts.
Speaking with Vanguard, they also threw weight behind on the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, for judicial and financial autonomy that strengthens the judicial process as hope for the common man.
According to them, the strike should continue until a significant shift is achieved because the ruling elites are too comfortable and insensitive.
Judgment depicts justice for all colours Global Rights
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