Open AccessTHE RIGHT TO HOUSING IN THE CONTEXT OF NIGERIAN LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE
Author(s) -
Emeke Chegwe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
agora international journal of juridical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2067-7677
pISSN - 1843-570X
DOI - 10.15837/aijjs.v8i1.958
Subject(s) - warrant , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , nothing , law , intervention (counseling) , state (computer science) , human rights , order (exchange) , political science , economic interventionism , business , economic growth , politics , economics , geography , finance , psychology , epistemology , algorithm , psychiatry , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
Every society needs a set of laws which stipulates the rights and duties of citizens, aswell as regulate the conduct of the society. But law is often perceived as repressive andunpopular by majority of the urban poor in many developing countries who feel that the lawhas done little or nothing to ameliorate their sufferings. For example, new evidence fromsatellite images has revealed the true extent of forced evictions going on in Badia East-Lagos,one of Nigeria’s mega cities. The pictures taken during and after the demolitions carried outby the Lagos State government on 23rd February 2013, clearly shows that a densely populatedarea containing concrete housing and other structures was razed to the ground. Given theimportance of housing to the overall development and existence of mankind, it is necessary tofirst determine the existence of a legal right to adequate housing to warrant a demand by thecitizen to fulfil this right and in order to appreciate the need for government intervention inthis area.