Nana Oye Lithur returns to Human rights activism after eight years hiatus, Charges Akufo-Addo, UN to deal with Jammeh

Former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection under the erstwhile Mahama’s National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, Nana Oye Lithur has returned to her Human Rights activism after eight years of active human rights participation.

The renowned Human Rights Lawyer who went silent after she was given a Ministerial appointment has reportedly joined a team of human rights activism who are putting pressure on the United Nations and the Ghanaian government to bring justice to bear on the ousted dictator Yahaya Jammeh of The Gambia.

Nana Oye Lithur was very vociferous during the era of the erstwhile Kufuor’s NPP administration, especially on the issue of the murder of some Ghanaians by Jammeh’s government in The Gambia.

On Wednesday she was at a news conference organised by the Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-Ghana) in Accra appealing passionately to the international community and President Akufo-Addo to institute an investigation into the gruesome killing of those 44 Ghanaians in The Gambia about a decade ago.

“We want ex-president Yaya Jammeh to be prosecuted and punished for murdering and killing innocent Africans who were seeking greener pasture, let’s all come together and let’s plead and urge His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, to take this matter up,” she charged.

Until her appointment as minister by President Mahama in 2013, Nana Oye Lithur was a strong human rights advocate and head of the local chapter of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in Ghana.

She later formed her own NGO – Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC).