STANDING UP FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

  For over a decade now, Nigeria has been battling with overcoming her insecurity challenges. The Nigerian state has been bedevilled with criminal tendencies ranging from terrorism, trans- national crimes, insurgency, kidnapping and banditry. The Nigerian security architecture seems to be overrunned by the insurgents and bandits making most Nigerians to wonder whether they have the armed forces in the first place. Day in day out, Nigerians wake up with unpleasant news and gory sights of mass killings, kidnapping and abduction of citizens from different villages and urban centres across the country. Citizens and communities mostly in Northern Nigeria now sleep with one eye closed, with constant fear of attacks by the insurgents and bandits. The situation has gotten worse and out of control, to a dimension that most inhabitants of these villages now sleeps in the bushes when its nightfall for refuge and safety. From north to south, east and west of Nigeria, criminal elements has take...

Today the 18th of December 2021 marks the lnternational Migrants Day. The lnternational Migrants Day has been observed since the year 2000. The day was designated by the General Assembly of the united nations. On 4th December 2000, the General Assembly, taking into account the large, increasing number of migrants in the world, established December 18th as the celebration day. The date was precisely chosen as it was on 18th December 1990, the General Assembly had adopted the international convention for the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families (resolution A/RES/ 55/93). Each year on December 18th, the united nations (UN) through the united nations (UN) related agency, lnternational Organization for Migration (IOM) uses the international migrants day to highlight the contributions made by the roughly 281million migrants, including more than 59million internally displaced persons by the end of 2021, and the challenges they face. The day acknowledge...

On 12th December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC). The idea that everyone, everywhere should have access to quality, affordable health care, as an essential priority for international development. On 12th December 2017, the united nations proclaimed 12th December as international universal health coverage day (UHC) by resolution (A/RES/ 72/138). This year's theme for 2021 international universal health coverage day (UHC Day) is " leave no one behind when it comes to health: invest in health systems for all " . Universal health coverage means every person has access to healthcare when they need it without facing financial hardship. This means people should be able to get services like health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care. The international universal health coverage day (UHC) aims to raise awareness of the need for stron...

 To mark today's international human rights day on the 10th of December 2021, l will use this medium to dwell on the issue of child labour which is a grave violation on the rights of children, and also want to use this medium to urged global leaders to do the needful to eliminate child labour globally because of the negative effects it has on the children. The term "child labour" is often refers as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children and or interferes with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school, obliging them to leave school prematurely or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work. Child labour is a global issue of international and local concern. It had been estimated that child labour acco...

The universal declaration of human rights (UDHR) was adopted by the united nations (UN) on 10th December 1948. For the first time, 48 countries celebrated this day along side the united nations (UN) General Assembly. In the year 1950, resolution A/RES/ 423(V) was passed by the Generally Assembly, urging all countries and institutions to adopt it. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) announced in December 1953 to celebrate this day annually. Since then, December 10th has been an important day to remind humanity of the rights they deserve and the rights they violate. The theme of this year's international human rights day 2021 is "reducing inequalities and advancing human rights". This year's theme is related to " equality " and article 1 of the universal declaration of human rights (UDHR) which states that "all human being are born free and equal in dignity and rights." The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the universal declaration o...