The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said on Sunday that the judiciary has to be independent and effective for human rights to thrive in Nigeria.
“The concept of ‘justice for all’ is unattainable without an independent judiciary. Individual rights and freedoms will remain a mirage without a truly independent and competent judiciary,” the NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau, said in the association’s statement commemorating this year’s International Human Rights Day.
The day also marks the 75th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
