An Appraisal of the Innovations and Impediments Of The Enforcement of Fundamental Rights in Nigeria
This paper seeks to appraise the innovations and impediments to the enforcement offundamental human rights in Nigeria. Fundamental human rights enforcement in Nigeria andindeed in the African continent has more impediments than innovations despite the coming intoforce of the 2009 Rules, which seems to be more liberal than the 1979 Rules. The innovationsbrought in by the 2009 Rules are novel and has curtailed most of the impediments to litigants,lawyers, human rights activists and even persons who know nothing about their rights, soughtto enforce their rights through the 2009 Rules. However, the 2009 Rules, come as a sign ofrelief for the effective and smooth enforcement of fundamental rights in Nigerianotwithstanding the impediments inherent

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