A Potential Liberation Of Widows Right Of Inheritance In Nigeria

ABSTRACT The creator did not leave human beings with the choice of determining their gender. Yet, women have sufered immensely in various aspects of life just because they are born females. This practice which has existed from time immemorial has been stemmed in the western World. However, most African Countries, which includes Nigeria, still engage in discriminatory cultural practices against women. One of the ways this manifest is the practice which precludes a woman from inheriting as a daughter, her father’s property or as a wife, her husband’s property. Widows or daughters whose deceased …