Family Values, Human Rights And Challenges Of Modernization In Nigeria
Walter A. Mboto
Department of social work, faculty of social sciences, university of calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Pius E. Akah
Department of social work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Bukie Fidelis B.
Department of social work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Keywords: Family, Values, Human Rights, Modernization, Nigeria
Abstract
The abundant human and natural resources makes Nigeria an economic hob particularly in Sub-Sahara Africa. Today, Nigeria glory is fast fading; there is high insecurity, as the country seems to be seating on a time bomb. The family remains the recipient of the pressure from the above. The family has had to be relatively dislocated, unstable and, by way of letting go some pressures, become highly lax in values. This paper is an attempt, therefore, to examine the impact of modernization on human rights on the one hand, and on family values on the other. Such an examination would lay bare for our conclusion the points for consideration on whether or not, modernization and human rights, or vice-versa, have posed a challenge on the Nigerian family values or whether or not family values and human rights are strong enough to confront the challenges posed by modernization