Vice President of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, Thursday, restated the federal authorities’s dedication to safeguarding the rights of all Nigerians.
He spoke in Abuja on the 2026 high-level dialogue of the Nationwide Committee for the Implementation of Worldwide Humanitarian Regulation Treaties in Nigeria (NCIHLIN).
On the occasion themed: “Complimentary Threshold and Outcomes,” Shettima said that the federal authorities is decided to make sure that authorized frameworks are put in place to deal with the nation’s present safety challenges.
The vice chairman mentioned the federal authorities is taking a complete strategy in implementing nationwide legal guidelines and worldwide treaties, including that latest developments demand pressing consideration and reform.
He mentioned: “I need to encourage the dialogue to critically consider the continuing conflicts fueled by insurgency and to suggest actionable options that might deliver peace and stability to Nigeria.”
The vice chairman additionally lauded the Lawyer-Common of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, for his unwavering dedication in pushing the nation’s authorized reforms.
He described Fagbemi as certainly one of Nigeria’s best authorized minds, whose efforts have had a profound affect on advancing justice within the nation.
“The Lawyer Common of the Federation and Minister of Justice is an clever, sensible and an upright man,” Shettima said.
Giving a speech earlier, Fagbemi hinted contributors on the federal authorities’s ongoing efforts to refine Nigeria’s justice system so it might meet each home and worldwide requirements.
Reeling out latest achievements, Fagbemi cited domestication of key Worldwide Humanitarian Regulation (IHL) treaties and the enactment of serious legislative reforms just like the Anti-Torture Act and the Administration of Legal Justice Act.
“This initiative stood as a cornerstone of nation’s broader reformative agenda,”
President Bola Tinubu’s administration, he mentioned, is making substantial investments to enhance the nation’s correctional services to allow them to meet minimal human rights requirements and focus on rehabilitation fairly than punishment.
The chief legislation officer added that Nigeria’s safety forces are being geared up with the required coaching to stick to the ideas of IHL, significantly, the Geneva Conventions, to make sure they function according to world human rights requirements.