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The true sale doctrine in asset securitisation: the Nigerian perspective
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The Girl-child’s right to education in Nigeria: examining the adequacy of its protection by the state
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF POLYGYNOUS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN NIGERIA
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Towards a development and use of internet web and information communication technologies for veterinary medicine education in Nigeria
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A BIBLIO-TEXTUAL STUDY AND EDITION OF THE POEMS OF ANDREW MARVELL
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- Children being vulnerable, have special protection uudei the law through their parents 01 guardian who are responsible for them: and make decision- fot them because they lack legal capacity One of these decisions a parent/gunrdian makes i- determining the religion of a child. Once the parent guardian chooses the religion of the child, the child may become bound by its practices throughout childhood While the right of parents to determine the religion of theii children is recognised by domestic regional and international laws, the way courts in Nigeria treat this recognition suggests that the right is nol absolute. This paper adopts the doctrinal methodology 111 interrogating the extent to which Nigerian Courts permit the observation by a child oftlie religious practices ofhis/lier parent in relation to submission to medical treatment in order to protect the child's right to life This papei argues that law and morality are media of social control but have their convergence and divergence. It further argues that sanctity of human life which for many forbids suicide, requites that even adults should not be allowed to object to medical treatment which refusal may lesult in death which can be seen as "disguised suicide" These authors examined the Supreme Court decision m Medical Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Council v Okonkwo and found that: Nigerian Courts recognise parent light to choose their children religion and practices however, any religious practice prejudicial to the child based on the "best interest" principle provided under the Child Right Act and its States equivalent will be jettisoned It examines the practice til Britain and Canada and draw lessons for Nigeria. This paper recommends public enlightenment prohibition of harmful religious beliefs such as objection to life-saving medical procedure by parents for minors as means of balancing parents/guardian right to choose their children religions beliefs and preservation of the children right to life. 1 results 1
- Complementarity 1 results 1
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- Decent work agenda 1 results 1
- Decent work agenda, 1 results 1
- Declarations 1 results 1
- Deliberative cosmopolitan democracy 1 results 1
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- Disability law is a recent entrant in the field of legal research and teaching at many universities internationally- The subject has also not been widely acknowledged in many countries around the world prior to the 1990s This article examines disability from its different developmental phases classified as models of disability, namely the charity model, the medical model, the social model and the human rights model of disability. It evaluates the different models in terms of their historical significance, strengths and defects within the context of human rights theory and practice under International Law as it relates to the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs). The article considers the human rights model as the outcome of the defects that existed in earlier models and argues that it is a contradiction whenever any entitlements considered as a human right are made contingent upon having a disability or the lack of it. of an individual. It examines the rights of persons with disabilities to human dignity under the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. It concludes that there is inequality and discrimination where characteristic qualities of disability which are not attributable to a person's action or inaction, or their merits or demerits are applied for the purpose of determining the rights of such a person. 1 results 1
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- Domestic violence affects about 81% of Nigerian females. Despite being a signatory to several international conventions on the protection of women against domestic violence, the Nigerian State has not made adequate institutional provisions to protect women against domestic violence particularly in the private sphere. However, Women’s Right Based Non-governmental Organizations (WRBNGOs) in Nigeria have endeavoured to establish the political linkage between the private and public spheres in order to sensitize relevant State institutions to the victim’s plight – an issue that has not been adequately studied. This study therefore, examined the role of WRBNGOs in combating domestic violence in Nigeria, with a specific focus on Lagos State. It investigated the WRBNGOs’ domestic violence advocacy with concerned State institutions. In particular, it explored the best practice strategies with which the WRBNGOs responded to the diverse domestic violence experiences of victims. Data were collected using qualitative research methods. Sixty-two victims’ experiential case histories were elicited through in-depth interviews at three WRBNGOs. These were complemented with unobtrusive observation at the Welfare Office (WO) and the Office of the Public Defender (OPD). Key informant-interviews were conducted with 16 legislators, coupled with an opinion survey of 50 civil servants, on issues related to the passage of the Domestic Violence Bill (DVB) in Lagos State. Eight Focus Group Discussions were held: three with victims, three with men and two with police officers. Data were transcribed and clustered into six thematic areas. The WRBNGOs exhibited participant political culture by intensively lobbying the legislators to pass the DVB into law. Initially, the legislators exhibited subject political culture towards the DVB process due to the unpopularity of the sponsor of the bill at that particular point in time. This finding negated the manifest reason of culture which was given by 62.5% of the legislators. Subsequently, after the change of the unpopular legislator, the house passed the bill into law with a two-thirds majority vote. Another key finding of the WRBNGOs’ advocacy with other State institutions suggested that the strategies of mediation, counseling and legal aid adopted by the WO and OPD had short term effects on the lives of the victims. This was in comparison with the best practice strategies of shelter provision, economic empowerment, mediation, counseling and legal aid adopted by the WRBNGOs which had positive long term effects in the lives of the victims. Victims provided with shelter and economic empowerment by the WRBNGOs were much more able to survive their traumatic domestic violence experiences. There is a need for the State to collaborate with the WRBNGOs, to extend the service delivery of the WO, and OPD, to include shelter provision and economic empowerment. The implication of this for the policy and practice of the domestic violence law, is the need for the State to allocate adequate funds and to mobilize concerned institutions to exercise sufficient political will to enforce the law in Lagos State and throughout the federation. 1 results 1
- Education gives children, especially the girl-child, hope for life and work. The right to education for girls enables them to reach their fullest potential. Education for all is a tool for change, a way out of poverty and a way to self-discovery and personal achievement. In the case of the girls’ education, not only does the problem lie in the question of discrimination as the foremost stronghold, but also of access to education due to certain limiting factors that affect girls' access to formal education. In order to access education, the girl-child must overcome a host of different barriers that stand between her and her goals. Lack of educational opportunities makes it difficult for the girl-child to enjoy other human rights, as the right to education is a basic right and a prerequisite to the enjoyment of all others. Two main issues are addressed in this paper; first, it addresses the barriers which hinder many girls in Nigeria from attending school, highlighting the benefits accrued to individuals and societies from educating girls. Second, the paper analyses the protection of this group of children and their plights in having access to free and compulsory primary education through the use of international human rights instruments and standards, their relation to national law and practice. This is aimed at improving the girls ’ access to education, serving as a call for Nigeria to provide education for all, especially girls who comprise the majority of out of school children in the country. Finally, it is revealed that Nigeria cannot stop the cycle of poverty, economic deprivation and poor health unless everyone has an equal opportunity to access education, most especially, its girls 1 results 1
- Employment issues 1 results 1
- Employment issues. 1 results 1
- Global order 1 results 1
- Human Rights 1 results 1
- Human rights 1 results 1
- Hydrogeological 1 results 1
- ICC 1 results 1
- In response to daunting global challenges of quality of work life (QWL), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) initiated Decent Work Agenda (DWA), (suitable and productive working environment), to protect vulnerable employees and the working poor. Although previous studies have focused more on sweeping labour standards violations at work, they do not examine labour inspection (LI) system as a potent instrument for implementing DWA towards improving QWL. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which LI variables (LI visits, labour law enforcement, safety monitoring, industrial relations, dispute resolution, intelligence monitoring) influenced compliance with DWA in selected extractive and manufacturing industries. The Descriptive survey research design of the ex post facto type was adopted. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was adopted to select 1033 employees from 8 industries on the basis of minimum number of 50 employees in each organisation (456-Extractive Industry; 557-Manufacturing Industry), in Lagos and Ogun states given the high concentration of industries in the two states. Two instruments: LI Questionnaire (r = 0.75) and DWA Scale (r = 0.82) were used for data collection. These were complemented with a semi-structured Interview Guide. Thirteen In-depth Interview (IDI) sessions were held with Labour Officers, Personnel Officers and Union Leaders. Four research questions were raised and answered and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data from the questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, t- Test and Multiple regression.IDI data were content analysed. LI variables significantly correlated (R=.61) with DWA (F (5, 1032) = 148.03; p<0.05) and accounted for 36% variance in the dependent measure. Components of LI contributed to DWA as follows: LI visit ( = 0.42), labour law enforcement ( = 0.40), safety monitoring ( = 0.26), industrial relations ( = 0.21), dispute resolution ( = 0.19) and intelligence monitoring ( = 0.15). LI correlated with the components of DWA as follows: Employment issues (r = 0.45), Promotion of rights at work (r = 0.42), Social protection issues (r = 0.33) and Social dialogue (r = 0.24). Further, the mediatory functions of governmental and institutional factors significantly correlated (R=.710) with the impacts of LI on DWA (F (2, 1031) = 254.53; p< 0.05). Relatively, their effects were in the following order: Policy support ( = 0.42), Resources ( = 0.38), Political will ( = 0.06) and Institutional capacity ( = 0.03). No significant difference was observed between extractive and manufacturing industries on decent work agenda ( t = 0.23, df= 1031; p>0.05). The IDI result revealed poor labour inspection performance resulting in high decent work deficits in the examined industries. Labour inspection, supported by governmental and institutional factors remains a veritable tool for engendering DWA in extractive and manufacturing industries. Therefore, government and other stakeholders should give these factors priority attention to promote suitable working environment. Future studies could probe into why extractive industry is not more hazardous than manufacturing industry in Nigeria as revealed in this study. Key words: Labour inspection, Decent work agenda, Manufacturing and Extractive Industries, Quality of work life, Employment issues. Word count: 483 1 results 1
- In response to daunting global challenges of quality of work life (QWL), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) initiated Decent Work Agenda (DWA), (suitable and productive working environment), to protect vulnerable employees and the working poor. Although previous studies have focused more on sweeping labour standards violations at work, they do not examine labour inspection (LI) system as a potent instrument for implementing DWA towards improving QWL. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which LI variables (LI visits, labour law enforcement, safety monitoring, industrial relations, dispute resolution, intelligence monitoring) influenced compliance with DWA in selected extractive and manufacturing industries. The Descriptive survey research design of the ex post facto type was adopted. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was adopted to select 1033 employees from 8 industries on the basis of minimum number of 50 employees in each organisation (456-Extractive Industry; 557-Manufacturing Industry), in Lagos and Ogun states given the high concentration of industries in the two states. Two instruments: LI Questionnaire (r = 0.75) and DWA Scale (r = 0.82) were used for data collection. These were complemented with a semi-structured Interview Guide. Thirteen In-depth Interview (IDI) sessions were held with Labour Officers, Personnel Officers and Union Leaders. Four research questions were raised and answered and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data from the questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, t-Test and Multiple regression.IDI data were content analysed. LI variables significantly correlated (R=.61) with DWA (F (5, 1032) = 148.03; p<0.05) and accounted for 36% variance in the dependent measure. Components of LI contributed to DWA as follows: LI visit (β = 0.42), labour law enforcement (β = 0.40), safety monitoring (β = 0.26), industrial relations (β = 0.21), dispute resolution (β = 0.19) and intelligence monitoring (β = 0.15). LI correlated with the components of DWA as follows: Employment issues (r = 0.45), Promotion of rights at work (r = 0.42), Social protection issues (r = 0.33) and Social dialogue (r = 0.24). Further, the mediatory functions of governmental and institutional factors significantly correlated (R=.710) with the impacts of LI on DWA (F (2, 1031) = 254.53; p< 0.05). Relatively, their effects were in the following order: Policy support (β = 0.42), Resources (β = 0.38), Political will (β = 0.06) and Institutional capacity (β = 0.03). No significant difference was observed between extractive and manufacturing industries on decent work agenda (t = 0.23, df= 1031; p>0.05). The IDI result revealed poor labour inspection performance resulting in high decent work deficits in the examined industries. Labour inspection, supported by governmental and institutional factors remains a veritable tool for engendering DWA in extractive and manufacturing industries. Therefore, government and other stakeholders should give these factors priority attention to promote suitable working environment. Future studies could probe into why extractive industry is not more hazardous than manufacturing industry in Nigeria as revealed in this study. 1 results 1
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