The Civil Rights Council (CRC) has consistently been at the forefront of advocating for the protection and promotion of citizens’ rights across Nigeria. In line with this commitment, the Asaba Chapter of the CRC organized a peaceful protest to the Office of the Delta State Commissioner for Youth Development on March 28, 2025. The protest aimed to highlight the pressing issues of youth unemployment, economic hardship, and the need for urgent government intervention in youth empowerment. In every society, the youth are the backbone of any society, playing crucial roles in leadership, innovation, and economic progress. However, without the necessary
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We Nigerian peoples for collective action against social inequality and towards building economic systems that benefit all citizens
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CRC
We are a mass-based grassroot organisation borne out of the necessity to build a national movement for defending the human and social rights of citizens and to promote mass platforms for power to achieve fundamental social change in Nigeria.
Our Organisation will build membership from the grassroots and mobilise them to immediately confront social challenges collectively
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To promote and propagate the human rights of any disadvantaged class, group or community and encourage a healthy environment for the citizens
Child Rights
Children have equal standing as members of the human family and are neither the property of their parents nor the state, nor are they merely beings in the making
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CRC Bori-Zone Leads Protest Against Illegal Roadblocks and Extortion on Saakpenwa Axis
Illegal Roadblocks and Extortion on Saakpenwa Axis of the East-West Road In line with our core mandate to checkmate human rights violations and defend the dignity of the Nigerian people, the Civil Rights Council (CRC) Bori-Zone, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, embarked on a peaceful protest to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command at Saakpenwa, Tai Local Government Area. The protest was a response to recurring illegal roadblocks and extortion of motorists by security operatives along the Bori-Saakpenwa axis of the East-West Road. The peaceful demonstration culminated in the official delivery of a letter of complaint by the CRC
Civil Rights Council Urges President Tinubu to Reconsider State of Emergency in Rivers State
The Civil Rights Council has called on President Bernard Tinubu to reconsider his recent declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Speaking to journalists in a press briefing hosted at the Social Action head office in Port Harcourt, the national coordinator of the CRC, Barr Arochukwu Paul Ogbonna, expressed deep concerns over the decision, arguing that the situation in Rivers State does not meet the necessary constitutional conditions required for such an extraordinary measure. Barr Ogbonna strongly criticized the declaration, warning that it could undermine the supremacy of the Nigerian Constitution. According to him, the action appears to
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