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4 Int'l J. Advanced Legal Stud. & Governance 1 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/ijalsg4 and id is 1 raw text is: The Fulfillment of Key Socio-economic and Fundamental Rights in Nigeria: Akwa Ibom State as a Paragon Uko, E. J.* Faculty of Law, University of Uyo, Uyo Akwa Ibom State -Nigeria. E-mail: unityfhrhc(at)yahoo.com ABSTRACT This article examines the fulfillment of key socio-economic and Fundamental Human Rights in Nigeria, taking Akwa Ibom State as a noble paragon. Notable among the fundamental human rights of focus are the socio-economic rights to education, health care, housing/shelter, and food/water. The article equally delves into the extent of protection and fulfillment of the rights of the most vulnerable members of society, including the aged women, and children, in accord with the dictates of international human rights law. The paper then weighs the fulfillment of the above rights in a legal balance, noting the security situation in Akwa Ibom State and the entire Niger Delta Region in the light of the provisions of international human rights documents on the rights to security and security of the human person as necessary adjunct to peace, stability, economic progress and human growth. Noting that the right to security/security of the human person cuts across the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, (ICCPR) first generation of rights and second/third generation of human rights. The paper indepthly examines how a relegation to the background of the right to security of the human person can singularly render nugatory other achievements or progressive developments in terms of promotion, protection and fulfillment of other categories of rights. Despite the security challenges, which have become not just a state, or national challenge but also a global problem, the paper however scores the present administration of Akwa Ibom State (under Governor Godswill Akpabio), very highly for the visionary strides in terms of fulfillment of basic socio- economic rights and responsiveness to the needs and rights of children, women and the elderly. Keywords: Key socio-economic, Fundamental Human Rights, Akwa Ibom State INTRODUCTION The present government ofAkwa Tbom State, under the leadership of Governor Godswill ObotAkpabio has made some landmark strides towards promotion, protection and fulfillment of basic fundamental human rights in Akwa Ibom International Journal of Advanced Legal Studies and Governance, Vol. 4, No. 1, April. 2013 1

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