THE REPORT OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY IN LAGOS, NIGERIA.

  On Friday 10th December, 2010, the world commemorated the international Day of human rights with the theme; SPEAK UP STOP DISCRIMINATION. The commemoration was also done in Lagos, Nigeria by a team conveyed by a law student of University of Lagos and founder of KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION, Mr. Adeola Austin Oyinlade.

Oyinlade with his team members who are also Law students of University of Lagos and Lagos state University and Nigerian Law School, Lagos campus commemorated the day by empowering Lagosians with regard to their constitutional rights as Nigerian citizens and Non Citizens alike by distributing 10,000 copies of The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 free of charge.
 
  The plan to go to the streets of Lagos to educate and thereby empower Lagosians with knowledge of the constitution by demonstrating the relevance of constitutional provisions to their everyday lives was announced on KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION on UNILAG 103.1 FM some days ago. According to the founder, ‘It is my belief that this exercise will go a long way towards reducing the high incidence of ignorance of the beneficiaries regarding their basic rights, and will encourage political participation needed to sustain Nigeria 's nascent democracy as we go in to General elections in the year 2011’ Oyinlade said. KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION” on UNILAG 103.1 FM has contributed immensely to expanding the frontiers of Liberty, Human rights Democracy and happiness of ordinary citizens of Nigeria.

  Oyinlade and the 20 volunteers trained on how to educate and empower people with knowledge of the constitution converged at the University of Lagos main gate in Akoka at 8am in branded t-shirts bearing the United Nations Human Rights Day, ‘Constitution for All’ covered 7 Local Government areas in the Lagos Metropolis, namely: Yaba, Bariga, Gbagada, Kosofe, Oshodi, Ikeja and Mushin. The communication was carried out through direct dialogue as opposed to the use of microphones and other such noise pollutants.

At 9:00am, the team left UNILAG for the popular Bariga market.

The team proceeded to the Anthony village area of Lagos at 10:00am to meet with residents and commuters at Anthony village. The team then proceeded to meet with Drivers and commuters in Oshodi for 11:00am which saw people scrambling for just one thousand copies provided for Oshodi route. The team members who abandoned their law classes to empower people with copies of the constitution took time to explain benefits of having constitution and importance of constitutional provisions to their everyday lives copies.
The team advocated constitutional rights at Ikeja under bridge and Allen Avenue at Ikeja from 12pm and there was a break between 12:30- 2pm at Allen Junction for refreshment by the team members and a brief press conference.
The Team moved to Maryland and Mushin from 2:- 3:30pm and finally arrived at Yaba (Tejuosho market) by 4pm where copies were distributed. The team arrived back at Unilag campus by 5:00pm and was dismissed.
 
Adeola said KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION was a non-partisan initiative and he as happy and fulfilled to have impacted on lives of people ostively. He funded the whole project with his personal fund with heavy supports from family members while he got financial support from two lawyers and a friend who all donated N65,000 out of the N1.8 Million NAIRA projects

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