An event commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s (MLK) Day in Abuja on Monday focused on the need for the Nigerian government and citizens to play active roles in the protection of human and civil rights in the country.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s (MLK) Day is officially the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr, an American Baptist minister, who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement in the United States.
The President of the Centre for Socio-legal Studies (CSLS), the organiser of the event, Yemi Akinseye-George, a Law professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, called on the Nigerian government to prioritise the protection of those rights in the nation.
The Senior Advisor for the Bureau of International Narcotic and Law Enforcement Affairs at the United States Embassy in Nigeria, Shaun Gavin, who attended the Abuja event, similarly emphasised, in a statement, the need to create awareness about civil liberties among Nigerians.
MLK Day is officially the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr, an American Baptist minister, who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement involved in non-violent protest against racial discrimination in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Premium Times.
