Law and Spirituality in Nigeria: Post Covid-19 Pandemic Reflections and Human Right Perspectives

Nigeria is globally recognized as one of the most religious practising countries in the globe today and its religious leaders amongst notable church leaders in the world. This assertion is not untrue considering the number of the Nigerian population who are committed to the faith, values, beliefs and the spiritual inclinations of their respective denominations and church leaders. However, there have been frictions between the faith teaching of the church and the law especially when the government forms a policy that does not align with the teaching of faith. The lockdown policy in the covid-19 pandemic era and the use of surgical nose masks was deemed an act of doubt in God and there are churches that refused the lockdown policy and were subsequently held liable for breaking the law. Does the right to religion encompass the right to one’s spiritual conviction? This research examines the human right perspectives on spirituality and the human right legal perspectives in the nation of Nigeria.