The rights available to air passengers are protected by various laws, and It is the duty of airline operators as well as airline agencies to ensure that the stipulated rights are strictly adhered to by parties. To this effect, air passengers should be properly educated on their legal rights and responsibilities, to generate sufficient awareness on the part of the consumer.
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The Nigerian Constitution provides certain rights to employees as citizens of Nigeria. Employees enjoy these rights regardless of their location, level or grade, and the nature of their job. Most of these rights are termed fundamental rights.
Every citizen enjoys these rights by virtue of being human beings. To appreciate the importance of these rights, I would refer to the words of Late Justice Esho in the case of Ransome Kuti Vs. Attorney-General of the Federation (1985) 2 NWLR (Pt. 6) 211: “Fundamental right is a right which stands above the ordinary laws of the land and which in fact is antecedent to the political society itself. It is a primary condition to a civilised existence and what has been done by our constitution.”