COVID-19: LEGALITY OF CITIZENS’ PROTECTION MEASURES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The paper examines the legality embedded in the measures institutionalized. They are intended to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 as a phenomenon capable of causing enormous damage, particularly in Nigeria. Nigerian citizens, whether at the urban, rural levels or in the healthcare services have been vested with constitutional rights for their protection, but reciprocally, they should exercise certain legal obligations. These rights and obligations should expectedly, be balanced if there will be fruition from the legal and social machinery put in place. The doctrinal approach has enabled the study through descriptive and comparative analysis, in which the review of literature encouraged an exposure of the topic. The paper concludes that a more altruistic and aggressive approach may be required in countering the effect of the virus during its subsistence and hopefully in the aftermath.