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The Concept and Content of African Political Development: A Search for a New Paradigm
The Concept and Content of African
Political Development: A Search for a
New Paradigm
The Humanness Of Human Rights In The Democratic Nigeria: An Assessment
The Humanness Of Human Rights In The Democratic
Nigeria: An Assessment
*Customary Law Of Succession And The Rights Of Women In Nigeria: Need For Reform
The issue of the rights of women has been subject to debate almost in every part of the world. It has even led to national and international conferences worldwide. In fact, it has become so contemporary that in September 2000, 149 world leaders adopted a United Nations Millennium Declaration, which enlisted a series of Millennium Goals (MDGs). Therein, the United Nations member states committed themselves to achieving the eight (8) Millennium Development Goals by 2015. One of the top goals is the Promotion of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women. Our country Nigeria is a member state. The reason seems to be that women have not been, and are not regarded as important members of the society. Indeed, the status accorded them is by far less than that of a slave; they are even regarded as necessary evils. For instance, in Greece, she was regarded as a creature of evil fascination in human form and she had next to no status.235 At a conference in the 19th century, held in France in 1856, the issue for discussion was whether women were human beings. It was, all be it, resolved that they were human beings, but were created to worship men.236 Among the Jews, a female child was regarded as an abominable object subjected to varied deplorable treatments. Her birth produced no jubilation but anguish and anger. It is the same in many other parts of the world, including Nigeria. In Nigeria, women are regarded as chattel, like table, tank, deep freezer, spoon, etc, and so they suffer untold hardship resulting in cumulative breaches of their human rights – civil, political, social and economic.
On the Performance Analysis: The Definition and Measurement of Bank Output in Nigeria
On the Performance Analysis: The
Definition and Measurement of Bank Output
in Nigeria
Local Government Training Programmes: Practical Problems and Programmatic Solutions
Human Resources Management in the
Local Government System in Nigeria
