Assessment of Human Righs Abuses and Investigations in Niger State, 2013-2019.

This study assessed human rights abuses and investigations in Niger State, 2013 - 2019. During this period, NHRC receives about 752 complaints of human rights violations and investigated them. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Primary method of data collection was used to generate the data. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 versions were used to analyze the data. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data, while regression analysis was calculated at 5% (0.05) level of significance. Structural-functionalism was used as a theoretical framework. Finding from the study reveals that, NHRC received a total number of seven hundred and fifty two (752) complaints of human right abuses in Niger State out which 286 (38%) of the complaints were investigated. The study concludes that, NHRC to some extent has investigated and addresses some Human Right abuses in Niger State. The researcher therefore recommends that, NHRC should come up with institutional mechanism for investigating all cases of human right abuses/violations in Niger state.