Recall last year that, the 1st Vice President of NBA and Chairman, Human Right Institute constituted the NBA Human Rights Monitoring Committee tasked with overseeing activities and reporting outcomes of the Human Rights activities.
Also, recall that to mark the Human Rights Activism, NBA branches all over Nigeria are to participate actively in all kinds of Human Rights activities which includes advancing women’s rights, bridging gender gaps, and empowering minority groups to create an equitable and just society.
The campaign’s focus goes beyond advocacy, extending to tangible actions such as providing legal support for detainees and inmates, offering hope to the underserved, and fostering a sense of justice and dignity within society.
To encourage active participation, the NBA announced awards for branches that achieved the most significant impact during the campaign within January to October 2025.
Consequent upon the above, the NBA Human Rights Monitoring Committee sets out the following Terms and Conditions for the award:
1. All branches of the NBA Human Rights Committees should send in their activities carried from 1st January to 31st October 2025 respectively with verifiable evidence to this email nbahrmc@gmail.com
2. All entries or emails should be sent on or before 12:00 midnight on the 5th day of December, 2025.
3. All the entries should carry the Name of the Branch and its Zone for identification.
4. Note that the criteria for the awards includes the number of suspects released from police stations, inmates freed from correctional facilities and the other Human Rights Activities such as Seminars, Enlightenment and Awareness within the aforementioned months.
5. The winners of this year’s award shall be the branches with the highest number of released suspects from the Police Stations and inmates from Correctional Centers across the three (3) NBA Zones (i.e. Estern Bar, Western Bar and Northern Bar)
6. Branches are encouraged to collaborate with their state Chief Judges on the facilitated visits to correctional facilities for the released inmates within the period of 1st January to 31st October 2025.
7. The winners of the award will be announced on the 10th day of December 2025, being the day globally set aside for the commemoration of human rights at the NBA House.
For any inquiries contact the NBA Human Rights Monitoring Committee on:
1. G.C. Adikwu 08066522508
2. Charles Afolabi 08139479901
3. Adam Tanko Jibril 07039854441
4. Ojile Abah Nathaniel 08023052262
5. Promise N. Amadi 07067604581
Signed:
NBA Human Rights Monitoring Committee.
