The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu has said to ensure adequate enjoyment of children’s rights to health care services have to be provided for them by government and relevant stakeholders.
Ojukwu, in a statement this morning to commemorate the 2022 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Human Rights Day
However he called on government and relevant stakeholders to do more in providing healthcare services for children in order to ensure adequate enjoyment of their rights to health.
He noted that children’s health rights differ from that of adults and that they are vulnerable to violations due to their age which makes them depend on adults to meet their health needs.
