Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, has trained 150 human rights volunteers in Nigeria to build their capacity to mobilise for human rights advocacy within their communities.
Country Director, Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, made this known at the training tagged: “In Conversation with Amnesty International Nigeria,” yesterday in Abuja.
The training with the theme: “Mobilising for Impact; Building a Unified Force for Human Rights Advocacy, was designed to strengthen and empower a network of dedicated volunteers.
Sanusi said the gathering brought together volunteers to engage, discuss, learn and debate on the future of human rights in Nigeria.
According to him, Nigeria is still experiencing some human rights challenges and all hands must be on deck to address them.
“I implore you to engage each other, discuss, debate and brainstorm on how we can build a movement across all the 36 states and the FCT.
“This is so that whenever the need arises, we can use our number to seek change, do solidarity and show that we are not just a few people in one part of Nigeria,” he said.
Mrs Barbara Magaji, the organisation’s programme manager, described Amnesty International as a global movement of over 10 million people in over 155 countries, working to promote the rights of people.