The Executive Secretary, ES of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, on Wednesday in Abuja has urged the in-coming ministers to mainstream human rights in development policies of government.
Ojukwu made the call while addressing newsmen.
According to the ES, the legitimacy of the government in a democratic setting depended on its ability to protect the people, respect their rights and promote same.
Ojukwu added that accountability in implementing the programmes, policies, activities and ensuring that people benefit from the implementation.
He further urged the in-coming ministers to ensure gender equality and non-discrimination in the programmes, policies and activities.
According to him, there were various positive expected outcomes of mainstreaming human rights into government operations by the incoming ministers.
The forty-three ministers were sworn-in today, Wednesday by the president, Muhammad Buhari at the Federal Executive Council, FEC chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
