Ensuring Equality at the Workplace by Strengthening the Law on Prohibition against Discrimination

Abstract

Nigeria is a liberal democratic society, a free market economy and a secular state. As such, it is vulnerable to invidious workplace discrimination. This article examines inequality and blatant discriminatory practices in the workplace in Nigeria. The paper explores extensively the jurisprudence of the workplace discrimination in Nigeria and makes a comparison with approaches from other jurisdictions. The paper argues for both the need to strengthening the law on prohibition culminating into outright elimination of discrimination in the workplace. Towards this end, the paper advocates for exploring both the civil and criminal responsibilities of discriminators and concludes that they should be brought to book.