The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will be launching a national programme of action for the protection of the rights of Key Populations (KPs) in Nigeria, considering several allegations of human rights violations against this vulnerable members of the society.
Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq. who made this disclosure in Abuja at a strategic capacity building and planning workshop on the protection of the rights of key populations in Nigeria observed that the enactment of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) has unfortunately increased the level of homophobia and attacks on LGBTQ.