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ABSTRACT

The continued economic challenges in Nigeria over decades have been a source of concern for many scholars as well as well meaning citizens of the country. As days go by, the challenges keep occurring in an increased dimension. Ways of getting this problem solved with its concomitant effects have not yielded much fruits. The current research presents a solution from economic justice and social teachings of the church as theories. The research using secondary source of data collection identified certain tenets of economic justice which are equally in tandem with the social teachings of the church. These include the principles of participative justice, distributive justice and social justice. The economic situations in Nigeria that are against economic justice and the social teaching of the church were discussed. These include imbalance in remuneration, injustice in recruitment process, unfavourable economic environment among others. The research concludes that where those at the helm of affairs as well as contributors to the economy embrace economic justice in line with the social teachings of the church, the economic challenges in Nigeria will reduce to barest minimum.