Meet ADELEKE AZEEZ BABATUNDE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Business Law
Assistant Lecturer
Law
At the Law department office
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| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | LL. M. (MASTER OF LAWS LL.M. GENERAL ) | LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY,OJO, LAGOS STATE | 2020 |
DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INDIGENESHIP QUESTION IN NIGERIA
This paper examined the impact of indigeneship on social justice and democratic governance in Nigeria. The paper noted that the issue of indigeneship recognition implicates peaceful co-existence, national integration, national unity, and democratic norms. It observed that the issues surrounding indigeneship can be traced to the 1999 Constitution, which laid out the process and procedure required to obtain citizenship but failed to specify the guidelines for the acquisition of indigeneship, even when several provisions of the constitution refer to the term. The paper posited that this inherent constitutional gap is unhealthy for a federal system where people from different ethnic groups live together to pursue their individual goals and aspirations. It stated that a proper understanding of the nature and limits of indigeneship is pivotal to promoting inclusiveness and equal participation in the allocation of state resources. It recommended that the 1999 Constitution should be amended to include the definition of indigene to enable states and local government authorities to establish appropriate guidelines on the acquisition of indigeneship and diffuse the tension associated with the indigene/settler dichotomy. It also recommended that Government should constantly launch public awareness programs to inform the general public, in particular traditional leaders and important local stakeholders, about the need to coexist peacefully with members of different ethnic groups without engaging in any form of discriminatory tendencies.Keywords: Constitution, Democracy, Equality, Indigenes, Indigeneship, Social, Justice, and Nigeria.
ADELEKE AZEEZ is a Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Law
ADELEKE has a LL. M. in MASTER OF LAWS LL.M. GENERAL from LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY,OJO, LAGOS STATE
