The National Human Rights Commission has launched a comprehensive review of its 2024 to 2027 strategic plan, acknowledging that despite progress in expanding human rights protection, implementation gaps and weak monitoring systems continue to limit the full realization of its mandate.

Executive Secretary Tony Ojukwu, opening a consultative stakeholders meeting in Abuja, described the exercise as a decisive effort to recalibrate the commission’s strategy midway through its four year plan, with a renewed focus on access to justice and protection for vulnerable groups. He said the review found encouraging institutional participation, with all commission departments and its 36 state offices actively involved in implementation, though it also exposed the need to strengthen monitoring systems, build institutional capacity and improve the use of limited resources.

The review, covering implementation from January 2024 to December 2025, found the commission recorded 90,627 implementation outputs against 160 performance indicators, with state offices contributing 54 percent of the total. The commission’s strongest performance came in protecting vulnerable populations and promoting human rights awareness, which together accounted for nearly three quarters of all outputs, while areas including research and resource mobilization were identified as needing greater attention going forward. The review recommended targeted resource allocation to underperforming priorities, stronger monitoring systems and the institutionalization of periodic performance dashboards to support evidence based decision making.