Section 8: Complaint of inaccessibility.

(1) Subject to section 7, in the event of the existence of a state of inaccessibility or barrier to access of a person with disability to an environment inaccessibility. that he has a right or duty to access, he may, without prejudice to his right to seek redress in court, notify the relevant authority in charge of the environment of the existence of the state of inaccessibility or barrier to accessibility of the environment, and the relevant authority in charge shall take immediate and necessary steps to remove the barrier and make the environment accessible to the person with disability.
(2) A relevant authority in charge that receives the notice in subsection (1) but fails to comply, commits an offence and is liable on conviction, if it is-
(a) a corporate body, N10,000 damages payable to the affected person for each day of default; or
(b) an individual, N5,000 damages payable to the affected person each day of default or six months’ imprisonment or both.