Nigeria, July 4 -- The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu, on Thursday promised to promote cooperation among West African States for the protection of human rights.

He gave this assurance while accepting to serve as the President of the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI-WA).

"My vision for this network is anchored on the following respect and cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights in West Africa," he said.

He said his focus would include building the capacity of NHRIs "to be able to meet the ever-growing challenges of resourcing, governance and operations of NHRIs", and supporting sub-regional monitoring, documentation and reporting of ...