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liberty. A civil obligation, on the other hand,<br />
simply means an obligation which binds in<br />
law, and may be enforced in a Court of<br />
justice." His Lordship stated further at page<br />
536:- "For a right to be qualified as a civil<br />
right, it must have a domineering and<br />
dominant base or appeal and a universal<br />
spread. And here, the word universal, does<br />
not convey its universal meaning of the<br />
universe but restricted to the Nigerian polity.<br />
In other words, the civil right should have a<br />
general Nigerian base, devoid of all peculiar<br />
domestication with all locality or localisation.<br />
A civil right is a right which all persons in the<br />
polity should generally share in common<br />
without discrimination." Per ABOKI, J.C.A. (Pp.<br />
57-58, paras. G-F) - read in context<br />
2 INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE -<br />
CERTAIN POLITICAL, PUBLIC AND<br />
JUDICIAL OFFICE HOLDERS (SALARIES<br />
AND ALLOWANCES ETC.) ACT, 2002:<br />
Interpretation of Certain Political, Public and<br />
Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and<br />
Allowances etc.) Act, 2002 with respect to the<br />
Salary for Certain Political and Public Officers<br />
"By an Act which came into force on 29th<br />
may, 1999 the National Assembly of the<br />
Federal Republic of Nigeria promulgated the<br />
Certain Political Public and Judicial Office<br />
Holders (Salaries and Allowances etc.) Act,<br />
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