On Friday 29 January 2010, Daily Triumph newspaper in Nigeria reported that Amnesty International presented an award ‘Icon of Human Right in Nigeria 2009’ to Jigawa state governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido.
Amnesty International would like to stress that any awards given by “Amnesty International” have not been authorized by the organization and should therefore not be attributed to Amnesty International.
Amnesty International does not have an office in Nigeria, nor any representatives authorized to speak on behalf of the organization in Nigeria. At the moment, the organization does not have any membership groups in Nigeria. As such, Amnesty International does not accept responsibility for the content of any message, statement or report issued by “Amnesty International Nigeria.”
Amnesty International is a worldwide human rights campaigning movement that works to promote all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. Amnesty International is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion, economic interest or religious creed. The organization’s assessment of the human rights situation in any country is based on international human rights law and standards, and is independent of any religious, legal or political system. Amnesty International is solely concerned with the impartial protection of human rights.
Amnesty International can be reached for further information on the organization’s work on Nigeria by contacting Elisabeth Vikman, Amnesty International’s Africa Press Officer, at elisabeth.vikman@amnesty.org or on mobile: +44 7778 472109. You may also wish to visit our website, on www.amnesty.org.
john jones
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Adamu Kafin-Hausa Jigawa
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K Agunbiade
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path follower
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Amnesty International does not have an office in Nigeria, nor any representatives authorized to speak on behalf of the organization in Nigeria. At the moment, the organization does not have any membership groups in Nigeria. As such, Amnesty International does not accept responsibility for the content of any message, statement or report issued by “Amnesty International Nigeria.”
Amnesty International is a worldwide human rights campaigning movement that works to promote all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. Amnesty International is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion, economic interest or religious creed. The organization’s assessment of the human rights situation in any country is based on international human rights law and standards, and is independent of any religious, legal or political system. Amnesty International is solely concerned with the impartial protection of human rights.
Amnesty International can be reached for further information on the organization’s work on Nigeria by contacting Elisabeth Vikman, Amnesty International’s Africa Press Officer, at elisabeth.vikman@amnesty.org or on mobile: +44 7778 472109. You may also wish to visit our website, on www.amnesty.org.
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john jones
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... the funny angle to this story is that this harpless man must have paid some obscene money to some fast guy who has simply taken the mugu for a ride. Like all things nigeria this clown must have thought this award is possible as long as he was willing to dole out some huge ammount of tax payers' money |
Adamu Kafin-Hausa Jigawa
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... Lamido doesnt not at all deserve to be honoured with any of these kind of awards and if unfortunately honoured/given it is for political maneuver not based on merits or contribution to his people and nation at large. |
K Agunbiade
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... In the country of the blind, one eye man is a king. If sule lamido is really working to improve the welfare of his people, he does not need a fraudulent or fake Amnesty international to give him a prize. The quest for all these fake awards is to fulfil the void created by their failure to meet the needs of the people. Fake organization awards a fake prize to a fake governor, the circle of fakeness is complete. Nigeria, we hail thee! |
path follower
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... Yes Sule Lamido is fake and a pretender. Amnesty International should press charges so as to unmask these kind of pretenders garbed as leaders. |
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