ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS

Economic Rights: These are rights that guarantee the economic empowerment of Nigerian citizens.

Economic rights enable citizens to have access to a good and better standard of living, job opportunities and business ventures etc.

These rights are:

i. right to work;

ii. right to a living wage;

iii. right to free and compulsory education;

iv. right to food and health care services;

v. right to acquire and own property;

vi. right to engage in any lawful and meaningful business

vii. right to social security for the physically challenged and less privileged citizens; and viii. right to decent shelter.

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