The NHRC Acting Executive Secretary said the draft report does not state that Boko Haram insurgents still occupy territories in the North East as at the time of the constitutions with stakeholders, adding however that, “It must be noted that the period covered by this report is 2015 to June 2017. “As at 2015, there were Local Government Areas in the North East occupied by the insurgents,” she said. But, the draft report accused the Babachir led PINE of paying less attention to the critical needs of IDPs in the areas of housing, food, education, and healthcare, but rather used the bulk of the resources on contracts that were found to have immensely benefited some public officials. The UNDP and NHRC had maintained that the essence of the 103-page assessment report was to ascertain the human rights and humanitarian conditions of people and communities affected by the long period of violent conflicts in the North Eastern states of Nigeria. The assessment, which covered a period of two years focused on human rights protection issues encompassing s3xual and gender-based violence, access to justice, community policing and capacity of law enforcement officers for timely response to crises.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 23, 2017 14:59 UTC