ABUJA, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, on Wednesday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to go beyond just body language to provide responsible leadership in governance.
Odinkalu, in a lecture he delivered at the second Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) Annual Colloquium in Abuja, said Nigeria, as presently constituted, needed leaders that could speak and connect necessarily with the citizenry and wondered why Buhari would choose to make his action plans known to foreign audiences, rather than speaking to Nigerians.
The NHRC chairman was referring to the president’s earlier visit to Ghana, where he announced that he would constitute his cabinet before the end of September, as well as the disclosure in Paris, France, that the Federal Government was negotiating with Boko Haram to secure the release of Chibok girls.
“You can’t lead a country by body language; we need a leadership that will trust our people and speak to our people,” he said and urged the president to speak to Nigerians directly.
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta, in his speech on the ocassion, said the commission had concluded plans to prosecute two lecturers of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and University of Lagos (UNILAG), over alleged rape cases.
While Dr Baruwa of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), was alleged to have raped a young lady seeking admission into the institution sometime in August, the Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Ndifon, allegedly forced himself on a 400-Level student of the faculty, leading to his suspension by the authorities of the Ivory tower.
Nta, at the colloquium, said the anti-graft agency would institute separate charges against the two dons.
According to the ICPC’s boss, the two lecturers’ trial would be tried on charges of alleged abuse of office.
Credit: Tribune (Nigeria)
