{"id":21476,"date":"2026-04-16T09:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=21476"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:41:43","slug":"cac-approves-new-board-of-trustees-chairman-for-cdhr-issues-new-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/cac-approves-new-board-of-trustees-chairman-for-cdhr-issues-new-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"CAC Approves New Board of Trustees, Chairman for CDHR; Issues New Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) is pleased to announce that the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has formally approved the appointment of a new Board of Trustees (BoT) and Chairman for the organization. This approval marks a significant milestone in strengthening the institutional framework and governance of the CDHR.<\/p>\n<p>Following due process and compliance with all regulatory requirements, the CAC has also issued a new certificate reflecting the updated leadership structure of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The newly approved Board of Trustees is composed of distinguished professionals and longstanding advocates for human rights, namely:<\/p>\n<p>* Barr. Olasupo Ojo \u2013 Chairman<br \/>\n* Femi Falana, SAN<br \/>\n* Prof. Lucky Akurese<br \/>\n* Gbenga Awosode, Esq.<br \/>\n* Debo Adeniran \u2013 Secretary<\/p>\n<p>The CDHR expresses confidence in the capacity, integrity, and commitment of the newly constituted Board to advance the organization\u2019s mission of promoting, protecting, and defending human rights in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This development reinforces CDHR\u2019s dedication to transparency, accountability, and adherence to statutory regulations as it continues its work in advocating for justice, rule of law, and democratic governance.<\/p>\n<p>The organization calls on all stakeholders, partners, and the general public to support the new leadership in achieving its objectives for a more just and equitable society.<\/p>\n<p>Signed:<br \/>\nComrade Debo Adeniran CDHR President and Secretary of Board of Trustee<\/p>\n<p>Comrade Deacon Jeremiah Onyibe<br \/>\nNational Publicity Secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) is pleased to announce that the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21478,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21476\/revisions\/21478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}