AI and constitutional rights
Dignity, equality, due process, privacy and access to effective remedies.
Now in Print · Formal Nigerian Launch — December 2026ABU Press
Artificial Intelligence Law and Governance in Nigeria
Rights, Regulation and Accountability in the Algorithmic State
A Nigerian legal framework for governing artificial intelligence without surrendering constitutional rights, human judgment or institutional accountability.
Book synopsis
Governing decisions shaped by algorithms.
Artificial Intelligence Law and Governance in Nigeria examines how Nigerian law should respond as public institutions, businesses and professionals increasingly use artificial intelligence to inform or determine consequential decisions.
The book brings constitutional rights, administrative law, data protection, professional responsibility and sector-specific regulation into one coherent account of responsible AI governance. It considers automated and AI-assisted decision-making across healthcare, financial services, legal practice, public administration and other high-impact settings.
Its central argument is that innovation and accountability are not opposing goals. Nigeria can benefit from AI while requiring decisions that affect rights, opportunities and public services to remain lawful, transparent, reviewable and attributable to responsible human and institutional actors.
Core contribution: the Standard of Reasoned Justification
The book develops a practical framework for asking whether an AI-influenced decision can be properly explained, independently reviewed and defended against applicable constitutional, statutory, professional and ethical obligations.
Key themes
From rights to institutional design.
The analysis moves beyond abstract ethics to the legal duties, safeguards and oversight structures required for accountable deployment.
Automated decision-making
Responsibility when algorithms materially influence public or private decisions.
Data protection
Lawful processing, purpose limitation, data quality and sensitive-data safeguards.
Liability and responsibility
Allocating responsibility among developers, deployers, institutions and professionals.
Transparency and explainability
Meaningful reasons, contestability and records capable of supporting review.
High-risk AI
Stronger controls for systems affecting health, liberty, livelihood and essential services.
Public-sector AI
Legality, procurement, impact assessment and administrative accountability.
Institutional oversight
Governance roles, audit, human supervision and effective enforcement.
Comparative governance
International regulatory lessons adapted to Nigerian realities.
For those shaping law, policy and practice.
- Legal scholars, students and practising lawyers
- Judges, regulators, legislators and public officials
- Technology developers, compliance teams and institutional leaders
- Healthcare, finance and public-service professionals using AI
- Civil-society organisations, journalists and rights advocates
A Nigerian account of accountable AI.
Imported regulatory models cannot simply be transplanted without regard to Nigeria’s constitutional order, institutional capacity and social context. The book offers a locally grounded framework while engaging with comparative and international developments—and supplies practical principles for governing systems already entering Nigerian institutions.
December 2026
Governing Artificial Intelligence in Nigeria: Rights, Regulation and Accountability
Formal Nigerian book launch and scholarly conversation.
The launch will bring together legal scholars, policymakers, practitioners, institutional leaders and technology stakeholders to examine the legal architecture needed for responsible AI in Nigeria. Further programme and participation details will be announced on this page.
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Book information.
Official bibliographic and publication information for libraries, booksellers, reviewers and institutional purchasers.
- Title
- Artificial Intelligence Law and Governance in Nigeria
- Subtitle
- Rights, Regulation and Accountability in the Algorithmic State
- Author
- Dr Abba Amsami Elgujja, PhD, LLM, BL, LLB
- Publisher
- ABU Press
- ISBN
- 978-978-857-282-4
- Status
- Now in print
- Formal Nigerian launch
- December 2026
- Subject areas
- AI law, constitutional rights, regulation and public governance
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