Anthony Ojukwu

Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu is a Nigerian Lawyer and the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria, an independent national institution for the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights in Nigeria.

In 1998, he completed his master's degree (LLM) in Law at the University of Lagos, Akoka.

Ojukwu also completed an international Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) Equitas in Canada in 2007.

In 2001, he was appointed as the Special Assistant to the former Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Dr Bukhari Bello, mni, MFR.

Ojukwu was later nominated and appointed as the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission by President Muhammadu Buhari in December, 2021.