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NIGERIA

Country Report of the Research Project by the International Labour Organization and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the constitutional and legislative protection of the rights of indigenous peoples:

Nigeria
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CASES

Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC) and Another v Nigeria

LEGISLATION

CBPR Database Nigeria - 18 September 2006: Grazing Reserves Law of 1965
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Miscellaneous Provisions) Decree
Environmental Impact Assessment Decree
Oil Pipelines Act
Petroleum Act
Tribunals (Certain Consequential Amendments, etc.) Decree

REPORTS

Against Land Use Decrees
Degradation of Natural Resources or Necessary Intensification of Land Use to Sustain a Growing Number of Users? - The case of the Zamfara Reserve, Northwest Nigeria
Grazing Reserve Development
Informal Economy, Undeclared Work and Labour Administration
Integrating Mobile Learning into Nomadic Education Programmes in Nigeria_Issues and perspectives
Land Use, Soils and Land Tenure
Laying the Foundation Final Report
Nigerias Faltering Federal Experiment
Rural Nomadic Fulbe Boys Primary Schooling Assessing Repertoires Of Practice In Nigeria
Situation Report on Nomadic Education
The Characteristics of the Fulani
The Fallacy of The Cattle Complex Theory And Its Implications On The Development of The Pastoral Fulani Of Nigeria
The History And Social Organization Of The Pastoral Fulbe Society
The Roles of Pastoralist NGOs in Nomadic Education in Nigeria - The Experiences of Al-Hayah