Former
governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu will be the guest speaker at the
Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) lecture during its annual Law Week Lecture series
in
Aba, Abia State, tomorrow.
The
Organising Committee, in a statement yesterday, said the NBA law week, which
commenced on June 24 with a walk out and town hall meetings, will have its
lectures delivered from tomorrow.
Kalu’s lecture,
which will be tomorrow at the Bar Centre, High Court Complex, Aba, is entitled
“The role of the Bar and Bench in fight against corruption.”
Chairman of
the Law Week Planing Committee, Barrister Perfect Okorie, said his branch of
the association was honoured that Kalu is the guest speaker.
“We are
honoured and excited that former Abia State Governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu will be
the guest speaker of the NBA lecture series this year, to share with us the
roles the bar and bench should play in terminating corruption,” he said.
Each year,
the NBA collaborrates with iconic government leaders, major players in the
economy, global business pundits as well as leaders in friendly law firms
around the globe, to host a conference that sees to the gathering of Nigerian
lawyers and legal professionals.
Okorie said
chosen guest speakers are prominent scholars and personalities whom he revealed
had, in one way or another, contributed to the development and strengthening of
judiciary in Nigeria.
Similarly,
Kalu has accepted the request of the authorities of Michael Okpara University
of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) to deliver a lecture on the growing concern of
the fate of the Nigerian youth in the present and future educational system.
Kalu was
invited to deliver the lecture titled, “ Education of the youth: Yesterday,
today and in the future.” The lecture will hold on Thursday at the university’s
Pius Anyim auditorium.
The lecture,
which is the first of its kind in the history of MOUAU, is being organised by a
coalition of students’ bodies and the Department of Management Science.
A statement
by Kalu’s Special Assistant, Peter Eze, said the former governor, who is also
an international business mogul and a leadership icon, has accepted the
invitation and will draw from his experience as an accomplished administrator
to lecture the students.
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