Find below, the events lined up for the Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Annual Conference of NBA Section On Public Interest And Development Law (SPIDEL), taking place at The Citadel, Oregun Ikeja, Lagos State.
1. Welcome Remarks: Okey Leo Ohagba – Chairman NBA-SPIDEL 2023 Conference Planning Committee.
2. Opening Remarks: Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani – Chairman, NBA-SPIDEL:
3. Address By: Yakubu C. Maikyau SAN, OON – President, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Keynote Session:
•Session Chair, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN sets the tone.
Brief Profile of the Keynote Speaker, Femi Falana, SAN.
•Keynote Address by: Femi Falana, SAN. Responses;
•Hon (Justice) Amina Augie, JSC
•Prof. Ernest Ojukwu, SAN
•Boma Alabi, OON, SAN
SESSION 2: Role of the Judiciary in the Promotion of Accountable and Transparent Resolution of Election Disputes.
Session Chair: Augustine O. Alegeh, CON, SAN
Lead Presenter: Dr Sam Amadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Ave Maria University, Director, Abuja Schaol of Social and Political Thought & Chair, Development Law Group,NAIA SPIDEL.
Discussants:
•Chief Tony Ojukwu CFR, SAN
Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission.
•Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN
•Hon. Worgu Boms Former Attorney General, Rivers State.
Session 3: PANEL DISCUSSION
TOPIC: Public Interest Protection and The Place of Ethical Values in the Temple of Justice.
Panel Chair: Hon. Justice Kate Abiri (Rtd)
Former Chief Judge, Bayelsa State.
•Panelists:
•Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN – Past-General Secretary, NBA
•Austin Chiefo Ejiofobiri Head Strategic Business Unit –Corporate Head Office, Fidelity Bank. & Founder ACE Foundation/Living By Design (LBDY)
•Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN – Attorney General & Commissioner
