Travel Restrictions On Medically Trained Personnel: Infringement On Fundamental Rights Of Citizens Or Protection Of Government Investment By Ogun OluwaseunHowever, typical of any densely populated society with high poverty rate, young population of Nigeria seem to be more interested in finding greener pastures in ‘saner climes’, thereby travelling abroad in pursuance of their dreams and aspirations.
However, typical of any densely populated society with high poverty rate, young population of Nigeria seem to be more interested in finding greener pastures in ‘saner climes’, thereby travelling abroad in pursuance of their dreams and aspirations. The Five Year-Mandatory Service Bill introduced and sponsored by Hon.
Without any iota of doubt, the desperate attempt by the leadership of our country to place travel restriction on medically trained personnel is, in my respectful opinion, a thoughtless decision and constitutes a gross violation of the rights of the medically trained personnel to freedom of movement and right to personal liberty guaranteed under Sections 41 and 35 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.