Browsing by Author "Bazza, Issa Hadiza"

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    Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in Constitutions: The Nigeria and India Experience
    (Faculty of Law, Islamic University in Uganda, 2007) Adebayo, Mahmud Kayode; Da'ud, Kamla Alhaji; Bazza, Issa Hadiza
    The concept of fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy as proclaimed in constitutions deals with a range of subjects ranging from freedom, equality, justice, participatory democracy, to social justice as the ideas upon which the nation is founded and declares by way of amplification that the welfare of the citizens shall be the primary purpose of government. it is important and worthy of note that the ideas and values to be enshrined in the constitution should be truly fundamental ones, widely shared in the community and not sectional objectives of a group or the particulasr social and economic policies of a ruling party. By enshrining the concept of fundamental objectives and directives principles of state policy in constitutions, the direction in which the state is to go in its economic life is thus made clear for all to see and uncertainty and controversy are removed. These ideas and objectives are not immutable, the fact that they are included in the constitution, they are relevant in value, time and place, hence the focus of this paper for the justifiably and enforceability of these rights.
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    Legalizing Abortion, Human Rights and Socio-economic Factor: A Matter of Good Public Health Policy
    (Center for Peace, Diplomatic and Development Studies, University of Maiduguri, 2010) Adebayo, Mahmud Kayode; Bazza, Issa Hadiza
    The privacy of citizens, their homes, correspondences, telephone conversations, and communication is guaranteed and protected under the constitution. Though this rights are guaranteed, they are subject to the limitation of the any law that is reasonably justified in a democratic society. This implies a kind of limitation on the scope of the enjoyment of this rights in order to protect public health, safety or in the interest of peace or scurity. Giving the high rate of maternal mortalityin Nigeria resulting from unsafe abortion, there is hih urgent need to have a rethink of the restircive penal abortion laws in Nigeria., except to the staututoty exception provided to safe the mothers life on health grounds. However, the resort to illegal service usually rendered by the quacks which often results in medical complication and death, the theme of the paper thereby advocate for a broader interpretation of the right to privacy to encompass a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy fee from unwarranted governmental intrusion in matters fundamentally affecting her person. Recommendation wre offered in line with contemporary human rights and reproductive and sexual health.