Legal Care Advocacy Foundation(LECAF) on Tuesday,10th December,2024 joined lovers of human rights all over the world in commemoration of International Human Rights Day with the theme “Our Rights,Our Future,Right Now”.
As part of activities to mark the event,LECAF led by its Founder and Chairperson, Jane Omonor Apollos-James Esq took their sensitization campaign to Methodist Girls High School located at Harbour road,Town axis of PortHarcourt,Rivers State.
In an interview with Journalists at the side line of the event,Chairperson of Legal Care Advocacy Foundation said “Today we went to Methodist Girls High School to lecture the students on their human rights.
“Of course we know that human rights like rights to life are Inalienable rights,these rights can never be taken away from you because it comes with you as a human being.
“We were able to talk to them that these rights are important as the clothes they put on their body.
“We spoke to them on their rights to freedom of expression,their rights on acquiring private property especially their rights to privacy”.
Mrs James disclosed that her joy is that the students and teachers were very excited on the benefits they derived from the lecture while thanking the Principal of the school for been very accommodating.
One of the teachers in the school thanked the rights group for the lecture.
She said “we are saying big thank you to Legal Care Advocacy Foundation for the lecture today inline with the human rights celebration which is slated for 10th of December every year .
“It is an eye opener on our rights and limitations to our rights .The lecture have been able to make us free from shackles of ignorance and oppression by our colleagues,family members and even by law enforcement agencies”.
One of the female student who responded on behalf of others stated that they have learnt to put their right first.
She said “we were lectured by LECAF on our human rights with the theme Our Rights,Our Future,Right Now.Today I learnt we should put our right first and never let anyone abuse it.
“I also learnt that in marriage,in buying of property we should learn to put both the names or the name of the person who bought the property”.