{"id":5007,"date":"2025-06-19T22:41:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/dysfunctional-state-and-human-rights-violations-in-nigeria-an-assessment-of-president-buharis-administration-2015-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:20:43","slug":"dysfunctional-state-and-human-rights-violations-in-nigeria-an-assessment-of-president-buharis-administration-2015-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/dysfunctional-state-and-human-rights-violations-in-nigeria-an-assessment-of-president-buharis-administration-2015-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysfunctional State and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria: An Assessment of President Buhari\u2019s Administration (2015-2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Dysfunctional State and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria: An Assessment of President Buhari\u2019s Administration (2015-2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1540' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1540\/1003' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Human rights violations remain a historical issue. Thus, exploring this concern amidst the dysfunctionality of the state is more alarming considering that political terrain could serve as a breeding and conducive atmosphere for further human rights violations. This paper explores the nexus between the dysfunctionality of states and its implications on human rights violations in Nigeria. Using secondary data and thematic analysis, we more specifically focused on human rights violation cases in the two terms of office of President Mohammadu Buhari (2015- 2023). The paper explored the state of dysfunctionality and the violation of human rights during this period. The findings show there were violations of socio-economic and cultural rights, freedom of the press, freedom of movement, right to peaceful demonstration, and freedom of gathering and association, in Nigeria during President Buhari&#8217;s administration. The paper concluded that for citizens\u2019 rights to be adequately protected, the causal factors of a dysfunctional state must be addressed to avoid perverseness and continuous violation of human rights. Recommendations were made in favor of a newly negotiated social contract.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Olusola Olasupo (McMaster University, Canada)<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Hosea (McMaster University, Canada &#038; University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Babatunde Abioro (McMaster University, Canada &#038; Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>dysfunctional state, fundamental human rights, human rights violation, social contract, Nigeria<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Dysfunctional State and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria: An Assessment of President Buhari\u2019s Administration&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1470,1471,1472,534,1473],"class_list":["post-5007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-dysfunctional-state","tag-fundamental-human-rights","tag-human-rights-violation","tag-nigeria","tag-social-contract","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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