A Critical Analysis of Law Protecting People with Disabilities; Case Nigeria and Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ..................................................................................................................... .i

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................................ .ii

DEDICATION ....................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................... v

LIST OF LEGISLATIONS ................................................................................................. viii

LISTS OF ABBREVIATION ................................................................................................. ix

ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................. x

CHAPTER 0 NE ...................................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ................................................................................. 2

1.2 HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE LEGISLATION .............................................................. 4

1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................................. S

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ....................................................................................... 6

1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES ............................................................................................ 7

1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .................................................................................. 7

1.8 THE GEOGRAPHICAL, TIME SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY. ... 8

1.9 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE LIMITATIONS ..................................................... 8

1.10 LAYOUT STUDY OF THIS RESEARCH ..................................................................... 8

CHAPTER TWO ...................................................................................................................... 9

LITERATURE I\EVIEW ........................................................................................................... 9

2.1 INTI\ODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 9

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2.2 Meaning and Nature of disability ..................................................................................... 9

2.3 HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ............................................................... 13

2.4 BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ............... 14

Article I. .................................................................................................................................. 14

2.5 LEGAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW IN NIGERIA AND UGANDA ........................... 15

2.6 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF NIGERIA AND UGANDA DISABILITY LA WS ........... 17

2.7 THE WEAKNESSES IN THE DISABILITY LAW .......................................................... 20

CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................. 21

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD .......................................................................... 21

3.2 SOURCES OF DATA ....................................................................................................... 21

3.2.1 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES ......................................................................................... 21

3.2.2 OBSERVATION ............................................................................................................. 21

3.2.3 ORAL INTERVIEW ...................................................................................................... 22

3.3 POPULATION OF THE STUDY ..................................................................................... 22

3.4 VALIDffY OF THE INSTRUMENTS ............................................................................. 22

3.5 SAMPLE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................... 22

CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................................................... 24

4.0.0 PRESENTATION OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND DATA ANALYSIS ................. 24

4.0.1 NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF NIGERIA. .................................................. 24

4.0.2. PROTECTION OF DISABILITIES IN LABOUR LAWS IN NIGERIA ..................... 27

4.1.0. THE NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF UGANDA ....................................... 28

4.1.2 OTHER LAWS PROTECTING DISABILITIES BY UGANDA LEGISLATION ....... 30

4.1.3 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION .................................................................. 30

4.1.4 EMPLOYMENT ............................................................................................................. 34

4.1.5 HEALTH ........................................................................................................................ 35

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4.1.6 EDUCATION ................................................................................................................. 38

4.1.7DISABILITIES LAW ...................................................................................................... 39

4.1.8 AFRICAN DISABILITIES' RIGHTS ............................................................................. 41

4.1.9LEGAL PROTECTION OF DISABLED PERSONS ON GLOBAL STAGE ................ 42

4.1. 10 DATA COLLECTED AND ANALYSIS OF LAW PROTECTING

DISABILITIES ......................................................................................................................... 45

CHAPTER FIVE .................................................................................................................... 51

5.0 FINDINGS, SUMMARY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................. 51

5.1 FINDINGS ........................................................................................................................ 51

5.2 SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 53

5.3 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 54