LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND THE RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN NIGERIA
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2020
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International Centre for Human Right and Peace Studies in Collaboration with College of Law, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
Abstract
This paper aims at evaluating the freedom of religion and rights of religious minorities in Nigeria. The constitution and other legal enactments provide for establishment of mechanisms for the promotion and enforcement of mechanisms for the promotion and enforcement of the rights. The diversity of religious has affected the distribution of political positions, infrastructure, and economic opportunities as well as the minorities’ rights
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freedom, religion, rights, minorities and Nigeria, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, NIGERIA
Citation
African Journal and Human Rights, 4(2), 10-21.