摘要：Fundamental rights provisions have continued to feature very prominently in the
successive constitutions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The enforcement procedure,
however, remains identical to the one provided in 1979, in the Fundamental Rights
(Enforcement Procedure) Rules. The parliament has remained aloof to these obvious
realities of the procedural complications. Social, political and economic factors have
continued to constitute the greatest hindrances to the citizens’ desire to seek redress for the
infringement of their rights. This article evaluates the provisions on fundamental rights in
the Nigerian constitution, and considers the extent of enforceability under the rules and
jurisdiction of courts as provided in the constitution. Alternative dispute resolution may be
the panacea for the legal and economic hindrances on rights enforcement.
Recommendations are accordingly made for the government to facilitate and encourage
the citizens to have recourse to mediatory process in less difficult cases.
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