The final debate held at Baze University Abuja is the second edition of the annual human rights debate organised by Amnesty International Nigeria aimed at expanding the understanding of human rights and encouraging the integration of human rights in university spaces.
Gifty Nnaji, a student of Bowen University, Osun State, has emerged as the winner of Amnesty International Nigeria’s 2024 Intervarsity human rights debate.
Amnesty International on Saturday said that the second runner up is Abdul Habeeb Korede of the University of Ibadan while Enebechi Obumneme Joel of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology won the third position.
The final debate held at Baze University Abuja is the second edition of the annual human rights debate organised by Amnesty International Nigeria aimed at expanding the understanding of human rights and encouraging the integration of human rights in university spaces.
The Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, in a statement on Saturday, said the programme was one of their initiatives to spread human rights education and bring young people into the human rights space.
Sanusi, further said that the intervarsity debate also aimed to create a culture of debate and encourage young people to have a good idea of human rights, so that they could grow up to help create a Nigeria in which human rights are respected.
According to the statement, twelve universities cutting across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria participated in this year’s debate.
"They are; the University of Lagos, Bowen University, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Cross Rivers State University, University of Calabar, Landmark University, Adamawa State University, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Nigeria Nsukka and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka.
"This debate is part of Amnesty International’s efforts to empower Nigerian youth and university students with deeper understanding as well as engagement with human rights and to enhance their debating skills and capacity to convince and make change possible.
"As a human rights organisation, we will continue to expand our engagements with Nigerian youth through innovative ways,” says Isa Sanusi, director of Amnesty International Nigeria.