Group seeks multi-stakeholder synergy in human rights promotion, investor-protection in extractive industry

September 30, 2020

H.E. Lukas Schifferle (l), Switzerland Deputy Ambassador to Nigeria/Co-chair Nigeria Working Group on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (NWG); Joel Bisina (m), co-chair, Nigeria Working Group on Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (NWG)/executive director, LITE-Africa,and Babatunde Ajala (r), Political and Economic officer, Embassy of Switzerland in Abuja to Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Libya and ECOWAS).

Nigeria has been urged to be a signatory to the Voluntary Principles Initiative (VPI) as membership of the VPI would demonstrate greater commitment of government to the promotion and protection of human rights and create a more secure environment for potential investors in the extractive sector.

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