Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, said his administration has leveraged every opportunity to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms of residents of the state through various time-honoured initiatives.
He said this was done through the domestication of the Child Rights Act in the state and establishment of the Tamar-Sexual Assault and Referral Center for provision of free medical, legal and counseling services for victims of rape, especially women and girls.
He disclosed that the state government, in recognition of the strategic importance of the commission’s mandate and its implication for the nation’s democracy and enjoyment of life by citizenry, supported the renovation works at the office within the limits of available resources, stressing: “We are truly glad we did; and sincerely wish we could do more”.