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- Sponsor federal legislation that expressly bars any
federal, state or local government institution from discriminating against
non-indigenes with respect to any matter not directly related to
traditional leadership institutions or other purely cultural matters.
Consider passing a constitutional amendment along these lines if this would
help overcome hurdles to ending discrimination against non-indigenes.
- Mount legal challenges to state and local practices that
discriminate against non-indigenes in ways that contravene the Nigerian
Constitution and Nigeria’s obligations under international law.
- Sponsor a broad public education campaign focused on the
rights that go with Nigerian citizenship and the need for an end to
discrimination against non-indigenes throughout Nigeria.
- Work with all federal government institutions to abandon
all reference to the concept of indigeneity in the implementation of
hiring and admissions quotas and other matters related to the realization
of the federal character principle.
- Reverse, eliminate and outlaw state government laws and
policies that deny non-indigenes equal access to educational
opportunities, scholarships, employment and all other benefits open to
state residents. Replace indigeneity with fair residence requirements.
- Actively disseminate and enforce these changes in federal,
state and local indigeneity policies. Include as part of this effort a
public education campaign focused on the rights accorded to all Nigerians
by the Nigerian Constitution and international human rights law.
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