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NHRC in Gombe received 354 complaints in 2022- Official
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Gombe State, said it received no fewer than 354 complaints of alleged human rights violations in 2022.
The Public Relations Officer of NHRC in the state, Ali Alola-Alfinti stated this in an interview with the newsmen in Gombe on Tuesday.
He said that out of the figure, 148 cases representing 41.8 per cent of the total number of complaints of alleged human rights abuses in 2022 were on domestic violence.
Alola-Alfinti said the remaining 206 complaints reported to the commission were on alleged lack of fair hearing, denial of justice and rape.
Others are sexual assault, right to religion, right to life, threat to life, denial of properties amongst others.
He said domestic violence had become a cause for concern in the state as more persons were now coming out to report.
Alola-Alfinti said the reported 148 cases of domestic violence comprised 37 cases of parental neglect, battery or beating 30 cases, inhuman and degrading treatment 34 and child abandonment 47.
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The spokesman said out of the 148 cases of domestic violence reported, over 120 had been resolved “amicably” while few were in court.
He said the commission had continued to monitor and visit homes to ensure compliance, especially in cases of school enrollment, provision of feeding, and healthcare amongst others.
He said despite massive sensitisation on the need to break the culture of silence and get victims to report abuses, a lot of cases remain unreported in the state.
The NHRC official expressed the commission’s concerns over the increasing cases of child abandonment which he said had resulted in “untold hardship for children and their mothers.”
Alola-Alfinti appealed to the state government and non-governmental organisations to put more effort into empowering women.
He urged parents to imbibe the culture of effective communication in resolving domestic issues.
“There is no reason to beat your partners or abandon your children, the psychological impact of domestic violence on our children is better imagined than experienced,” he said.
