2023: IHRC tasks Buhari on security

• Published date: 21 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Secretary-General of the International Human Rights Commission, IHRC Switzerland, Prof. Rafal Marcin Wasik has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to strengthen Nigeria's security to further deepen democracy.

He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for accreditation of the Commission as a foreign election Observer in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria.

Wasik in a statement made available by the Ambassador at Large and Head of the Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, Ambassador Dr. Duru Hezekiah through Mr Fidelis Onakpoma IHRC Editor-in-Chief, said; 'today, the International Human Rights Commission Switzerland received an invitation from the Federal Republic of Nigeria to join other International and Intergovernmental Organizations to help observe the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.

'I am glad and I wish to especially thank the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR for ensuring policies and practices for International communities to participate in a critical time of Nigeria's transition. I urge him to strengthen the adequate provision of security to further deepen democracy.

'You may know that election observation remains a valuable tool for improving the quality of elections and an important mechanism for ensuring election integrity in countries; through our observation IHRC...