Improving Disability Laws Under Nigeria''s Fourth Republic - Ten Measured Steps Into the Future

In Improving Disability Laws under Nigeria's Fourth Republic, Philip C. Aka and Joseph Abiodun Balogun explore measures for improving the capacity of the Nigerian national government to implement regional and global treaties and laws related to disability that are human rights-centric and that support the potential of persons living with disabilities.

List of contents

Preface
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Background History of Disability in Nigeria
2 Survey of the Global and Regional Regimes on Disability Pertaining to Nigeria
3 Record of the Nigerian National Government since 1999
4 Improving Disability Laws under Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Ten Steps into the Future
Conclusion and Prospects for the Future
References
Index
About the Authors

About the author

Philip C. Aka is former professor and dean of the Faculty of Law at the International University of Sarajevo.Joseph Abiodun Balogun is a retired distinguished professor and former dean of the College of Health Sciences at Chicago State University, emeritus professor of physiotherapy at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria, and a visiting professor and program consultant at the Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation at the University of Benin.

Product details

• Authors: Philip C. Aka, Philip C. Balogun Aka, Aka Philip C., Joseph Abiodun Balogun
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2022
• EAN: 9781666914177
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-417-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / Disability, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, Politics and government, Disability: social aspects, Disability & The Law, Disability and the law