Media Mentions
March 29, 2022
Lawyers Seek Laws To Address Stigma, Discrimination Of TB Patients
Over the last four months, a deep and dry cough can be heard from Ikpang Joy’s (not real name) single room in Kubwa. It’s from her mother who has been bed ridden since she was brought to Abuja.
The poor woman was ferried from her village in far away Akwa Ibom State under the guise of accessing health care in the city.
However, she is constantly locked up and denied proper treatment for fear of stigmatisation and discrimination from neighbours, friends and associates, despite the fast deteriorating state of her health.
March 29, 2022
Coalition for protection of rights of TB patients debuts
A coalition comprising Tuberculosis (TB) survivors, members of civil society organisations, lawyers, health workers and journalists emerged on Tuesday, March 29, to fight against the violation of the rights of persons affected by TB.
Aside from being sick, persons with TB are not always allowed to return to their jobs on grounds of being absent during the duration of their ailment, or on the exaggerated claim that they could infect others.
The sufferers may also face rejection, their rights to privacy breached, their liberty curtailed and dignity lowered. The result is that they become depressed and less
March 29, 2022
Workshop identifies reasons for discrimination against persons affected by TB
Lack of adequate information and awareness have been identified as major factors fueling discrimination against persons affected by Tuberculosis and worsening their situation.
The reasons were revealed at a two-day workshop in Lagos State by non-governmental organisations on the disease.
The NGOs called on the media to sensitise the public on the need to end discrimination against the affected persons and support them to overcome the challenge.
March 29, 2022
Lack Of Awareness Fueling Discrimination Against Persons Affected By TB
This was disclosed at a 2-day Lagos workshop, where non-governmental organisations called on the media to sensitise the public on the need to end discrimination against the affected persons and support them to overcome the challenge.
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Hon Justice John Terhemba Tsoho was represented on the occasion by the Administrative Judge of Federal High Court Lagos Division, Justice A. O Faji lauded Lawyers Alert and other partners for their commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of Nigerian.
Barrister Rommy Mom, President,
March 26, 2022
Humanitarian Lawyer Advocates For Domestication Of TB Patients’ Rights In Nigeria
A legal and humanitarian rights advocate (Lawyers Alert), has called on the presidency and National Assembly to give victims of tuberculosis in Nigeria a lifeline by domesticating their rights in line with the Declaration of the Rights of People Affected by Tuberculosis that was launched in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2019.
Lawyers Alert, who decried the height of discrimination and abuse meted out on Nigerians who suffer from tuberculosis both in hospitals and in the larger society, went on to enjoin the Federal government to ensure that TB patien
March 26, 2022
WTB Day- Why there is need for law to cater for rights of People affected by Tuberculosis ( PATB)?
Bukola Afeni
The launching of Declaration of the Rights of People affected by Tuberculosis was launched in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2019.
The Nigerian situation even though had improved significantly in terms of TB, early detection and treatment, with constant input from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme and other development partners.
The gender and human rights approach has often been overlooked in terms of TB response.
March 26, 2022
Tuberculosis Still Number One Killer Disease in Nigeria, Group Raises Alarm
Lawyers Alert, a legal and human rights organization that works on legal and health rights affecting vulnerable groups called on the government to pass a TB-specific law to help address the increasing stigmatization and discrimination suffered by People Affected by TB (PATB) in Nigeria.
The group’s National President, Barr.
Rommy Mom made this known at the event to mark world tuberculosis day on Friday in Abuja.
Mom said it must be admitted that the Nigerian situation has improved significantly in terms of TB early
March 25, 2022
Group tasks Nigeria Government on TB-Specific Law To Address Stigmatization Against People Affected
Lawyers Alert, a legal and human rights organization working on legal and health rights affecting vulnerable groups, has tasked the Nigerian government to pass a TB-specific law to address the increasing stigmatization and discrimination suffered by People Affected by TB (PATB) in the country.
The organization made the call in an event to mark world tuberculosis day in Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria.
Commending the efforts of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLCP)
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April 27, 2020
Lawyers Alert Releases Data on Human Rights Abuse Associated with Petty Offences in Nigeria
Data on human rights abuse associated with petty offences in Nigeria covering the period October 2019 and March 2020 have been released by Lawyers Alert.
The Data detailing the analysis of human rights violations based on types of petty offences is with a view to serving as useful tool for advocacy towards decriminalization of petty offences in the country.
The findings on Petty Offences in Nigeria by Lawyers Alert, a non-profit body, in partnership with Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) focused on ten violations most rampant, reported and monitored.
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September 8, 2020
LA Rolls Out Action Plan For Hearing Impaired Persons
Lawyers Alert (LA), a human rights-based organisation has rolled out a work plan that will provide immediate succor as well as long term and sustainable source of income for the deaf community in Benue State.
LA’s Director of Programmes Jerome Uneje, while addressing members of the Benue State Association of the Deaf (BSAD) Makurdi Branch, during a one-day strategic meeting held at LA Conference Hall on Thursday, 3rd September 2020 in Makurdi, the Benue State capital said the work plan is to properly guide LA’s
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September 7, 2020
OGP BENUE STEERING COMMITTEE, OTHERS, TASK STATE GOV’T ON INPUTS FOR 2021 BUDGET
Representatives of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Civil Society Steering Committee in Benue State today joined other stakeholders to task the State Government on key inputs to include in the 2021 budget.
Vice-Chairman of the Steering Committee, Mrs. Rosemary Hua, and another member of the group, Mr. Lazarus Mom, made these proposals while making presentations at a town hall meeting organised by the Budget Office of the Benue State Planning
September 3, 2020
LA Rolls Out Action Plan For Hearing Impaired Persons
Lawyers Alert (LA), a human rights-based organisation has rolled out a work plan that will provide immediate succor as well as long term and sustainable source of income for the deaf community in Benue State.
LA’s Director of Programmes Jerome Uneje, disclosed this while addressing members of the Benue State Association of the Deaf (BSAD) Makurdi Branch, at a one-day strategic meeting held at LA Conference Hall on Thursday, in Makurdi.
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July 24, 2020
Lawyers Alert launches inquiry on women rights abuses during the lockdown
A Civil Society Organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has set wheels in motion to probe cases of abuse of rights of women in the country during the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the rapid spread of Coronavirus.
Lawyers Alert in a press statement signed by its Director Programs, Roseline Oghenebrume, and made available to newsmen said the initiative was aimed at exposing perpetrators and ensuring justice for victims.
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July 23, 2020
Lawyers Alert launches inquiry on women rights abuses during lockdown
A Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert, has set wheels in motion to probe cases of abuse of rights of women in the country during the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the rapid spread of Coronavirus.
Lawyers Alert in a press statement signed by its Director Programs, Roseline Oghenebrume, and made available to newsmen said the initiative was aimed at exposing perpetrators and ensuring justice for victims.
July 23, 2020
COVID-19: Lawyers Alert launches inquiry on women rights abuses during the lockdown
A Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has set wheels in motion to probe cases of abuse of rights of women in the country during the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the rapid spread of Coronavirus. Lawyers Alert in a press statement signed by its Director Programs, Roseline Oghenebrum
Lawyers Alert asks Ortom to probe Logo 1 demolition in Makurdi
A human rights based Civil Society Organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert, has called on the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to investigate the demolition of some houses at Logo 1 area in Makurdi, Benue State.
In a press statement signed by its Director Programmes, Lazarus Ahangba, Lawyers Alert urged Ortom to investigate the remote and immediate circumstances surrounding the demolitions and the persons responsible for it.
May 16, 2020
Lawyers Alert calls for investigation on Logo 1 demolition in Makurdi
A human rights-based Civil Society Organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has called for an investigation on the demolition of some houses at the Logo 1 area in Makurdi, Benue State.
In a press statement signed by its Director Programmes, Mr. Lazarus Ahangba, Lawyers Alert urged Benue State Government to investigate the remote and immediate circumstances surrounding the demolitions and the persons responsible for it.
APRIL 28, 2020
COVID-19: Lawyers Alert threatens legal action over poor, slow pace of prison decongestion
A Civil Society organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has threatened to institute legal action over the poor and slow pace of the implementation of the Federal Government’s policy on the decongestion of prisons in the country as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 among the inmates.
April 15, 2020
NGOs give ultimatum to Bauchi to implement directives on prison decongestion
Human rights group known as Lawyers Alert has in conjunction with Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI-NIGERIA) issued a 5-day warning to the Bauchi State Government to implement the federal government’s directive on prison decongestion or face legal fireworks.
The NGOs made their position known on Tuesday in an open letter to the State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, signed and made available to newsmen by the Executive Director of PIDI-Nigeria,
June 15, 2019
CSO: Criminalizing petty offenses indication of inequality in the justice delivery system
The President of Lawyers Alert Nigeria, Mr. Rommy Mom, has observed that criminalizing petty offenses is an indication of inequality in the justice delivery system in the country.
He said this at a strategic meeting organized by Lawyers Alert Nigeria in Abuja on the need to decriminalize petty offenses in Nigeria.
Civil Society Organizations that attended the meeting formed an alliance to collaborate, synergize, and
August 13, 2019
Lawyers Alert drags federal government to court over non-implementation of HIV workplace policy
A nonprofit organization, Lawyers Alert Nigeria, has dragged the Federal Government to court over the non-implementation of HIV workplace policy by employers of labor in the country.
The Director of Programs, Lawyers Alert Nigeria, Roseline Oghenebrume said the action became very necessary so that the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation