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Item Assessing the Role of TRIPS Agreement for Inaccessibility and Un-affordability of Essential Medicines in Nigeria(Journal of Commerce & Trade, 2015-02-02) Dubagari Umar AbubakarIntellectual property rights (IPRs) protection was not recognised in Nigeria and essential medicines were accessible and affordable to all but reverse is the case with the implementation of TRIPS agreement on IPRs. This resulted in inordinate policy formulation and implementation that exacerbates the public health care despite Nigeria’s endowment with enormous human and natural resources. This paper argues that patents protection hinders access and affordability to essential medicines in Nigeria. It also argues that pharmaceutical companies prevent developing countries from utilising the TRIPS flexibilities to access essential medicines for their citizens. It concludes that access and affordability to essential medicines are additional challenges to Nigeria. The paper is based on the anti-corporate globalisation movement theory. The theory advocates for a world structured by human values other than greed and domination, one less dominated by the culture and values of global capital. The economic, political, and cultural interconnectedness signified by globalisation is irreversible and possibly a good thing, this interconnection, could potentially serve the interests of people and the earth, not just the elites. Although the rich and powerful have shaped globalisation in their interest, the anti-globalisation theory is a counter-movement that seeks to reshape the interconnected world in the interests of people and the planetItem Same Sex Marriage, Human Rights and Death Penalty(IISTE, 2016-02-02) Dubagari Umar AbubakarThere has been a growing movement in a number of countries to regard marriage as a right which should be extended to gay and lesbian couples. The agitations for legal recognition of same-sex marriage cut across race, ethnicity, age, religion, political affiliation, and socio-economic status. This is a serious challenge to marriage as a sacrosanct institution. However, the response to these agitations varies from one country to the other with religion and culture as determinant factor. Islam prescribed capital punishment for same sex marriage and treats the couples as miscreant, while the Common Law sees same sex marriage as fundamental human rights and abrogated capital punishment. But freedom of religion is in itself a fundamental right. In contradistinction with law as the will of the people, religion is a complete way of life to the Muslims.Item Same Sex Marriage, Human Rights and Death Penalty(Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion, 2016-02-02) Dubagari Umar AbubakarThere has been a growing movement in a number of countries to regard marriage as a right which should be extended to gay and lesbian couples. The agitations for legal recognition of same-sex marriage cut across race, ethnicity, age, religion, political affiliation, and socio-economic status. This is a serious challenge to marriage as a sacrosanct institution. However, the response to these agitations varies from one country to the other with religion and culture as determinant factor. Islam prescribed capital punishment for same sex marriage and treats the couples as miscreant, while the Common Law sees same sex marriage as fundamental human rights and abrogated capital punishment. But freedom of religion is in itself a fundamental right. In contradistinction with law as the will of the people, religion is a complete way of life to the Muslims.