Browsing by Author "Ahmad, Folorunsho"
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Item Body Scarification Under the Child Right Act and Shari'ah: Between Cultural Weight and Contemporary Reality(Islamic University in Uganda, 2019) Abdulraheem, Abolaji; Ahmad, Folorunsho; Olagunju-Ibrahim, RidwanProhibition of Tattoo and Skin marks are certainly provided for under the Child's Right Act (CRA) 2003 and the Shari'ah. Notwithstanding the available provisions, scarification, Tattoos and skin marks are still rampart among tribes. Scarification. tattoos and skin marks are influenced by superstition or traditional conviction. This research argues that scarification, tattoos and Skin marks have health implications for the children and also amount to child abuse and degrading treatment. Therefore. this paper examines the position of Child Right Act and Shari'ah on scarification, Tattoos and Skin marks. The research is carried out through doctrinal method by considering various enactments and Shari'ah provisions on scarification, tattoos and skin marks. The research found that scarification, tattoos and skin marks are prohibited under the Nigeria laws as they are considered as abuse children.Item Justiciability of The Right to Education: The Indian and Nigerian Position(Islamic University in Uganda, 2019) Ahmad, Folorunsho; Abdulraheem, Abolaji; Olagunju-Ibrahim, RidwanThe problems faced by the Nigerian Education sector are enormous, which is occasioned by many factors, ie political, economic legal and cultural. Education is seen as a right from the perspective of human right as contained in the International Instruments on Human Rights. These instruments are expected to be given efficacy by member states through domestication and implementation. But in the case of education, Nigeria as a state does not see it as such and this is as a result of the classification of rights to First, Second and Third generation rights. This article studies the effect of the generational classification on the status of education in the Nigerian Law. it finds that education is not accorded the status of Fundamental Right to be adequately protected, infringement of which redress could be sought in the court of law particularly against the government. It then concludes that the status or education is raised to a full fledge Justiciable Fundamental Human Right, education will continue to suffer neglect as it is in the successive administration in Nigeria.