Good day great friends.there is this thing that has been bothering me after i visited a court sometimes ago when a guy was about to be sentenced the lawyer to the person while talking to the magistrate said, prison ought to be a place where somebody that has been setenced to spend certain years in it learn from his mistakes or wrongs but reverse is now the case. if i may ask what is the society doing to make sure that the place is meant to correct,breed resourceful people with great dreams,talents or skills that can help to boast the economy of our country?in many cases the society is helping in the breeding of hardened heart criminals because of the stigmals place on the convicts after serving their jail terms and the ways it celebrates evil by not reaveling those empowering and are into crime to the police.i appeal to the Nigerian police force & prison officers to help in making detention building & prisons to be habitable,treat the inmates with dignity for the purpose of correction.
11 Rights Every Nigerian Should Know About from lawpadi
Every Nigerian has rights, duties, liabilities and privileges, which are provided for in the hundreds of laws that exist in Nigeria. However, there are certain rights that basically trump all other ones. They are rights that are referred to as inalienable rights, rights for which the law has made specific and special provision. These rights are contained in Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and are officially known as Fundamental Rights. This article will explain what these key rights are, because every Nigerian really should know about these rights. 1. Right to Life This is the most important right of every Nigerian (and in fact every human being). The right that everyone has to ‘exist’, and no one can intentionally deprive a person of this right, either an individual or the Government, unless in the execution of a sentence of the court in respect of a criminal offence. In a nutshell, what this right says is that no one can tak...
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