Figure 1a—Federal Republic of Nigeria: States and Zones North East North West North Central South East South West South South The Geopolitical Zones of Nigeria a s 3. Preparatory Process for the 6th Report The Federal Ministry of Justice being the coordinating Ministry responsible for ensuring compliance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights engaged stakeholders from the relevant ministries, agencies, human rights NGOs, legislators and the public in the participatory and transparent process of the report writing. The core drafting and review team drawn from the Inter-ministerial Committee met with the Consultant appointed for the entire process for the following activities: i. To develop a framework and a work plan for the report writing; ii. To place a call for input in Newspaper Adverts in two National dailies; iii. To generate and analyzed the data contained in the report; 10