Mrs B set for Eastern Bar Forum Colloquium scheduled for March 22

PRESS RELEASE

EASTERN BAR FORUM TO HOLD COLLOQUIUM ON NIGERIA’S FEDERALISM AND STATE LEGISLATIVE POWERS

The Eastern Bar Forum (EBF) is set to host a high-profile Colloquium with the theme: "Nigeria's Federalism & State Legislative Powers: Concurrent Matters Viewed from a Sub-National Perspective."

The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State by 10:00 AM and will precede the 1st Quarterly Meeting of the Forum for 2025.

The Colloquium will be chaired by Distinguished Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi, Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, while the Guest Speaker will be Dr. Ben Urochi Odo, Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ebonyi State.

The Guest of Honour for the event will be Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, President of the Nigerian Bar Association.

Panel of Discussants:

Soseipiriye Long Williams, Esq. – Legal Practitioner and Past Chairman of the Governing Council of the Eastern Bar Forum.

Anietie Inyang, Esq. – Director of Civil Litigation Department, Ministry of Justice, Akwa Ibom State.

Mazi Afam Okeke, Esq. – Past Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch.

Ibrahim Mohammed Tiamiyu, Esq. – Principal Partner, Ibrahim M. T. & Co.

Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Ogunsanya – Legal Practitioner and Public Policy Analyst.


The Colloquium will provide a critical platform for legal practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders to engage in thought-provoking discussions on Nigeria’s federalism, focusing on the scope and limitations of state legislative powers in concurrent matters.

While registration for the Colloquium is free, all participants are required to register to enable the organizers to make adequate arrangements for materials and logistics. Interested participants should register using the link: https://forms.gle/tz6he246EBprGBBj7.

For further inquiries, please contact:

Sammy Etuk, Esq. – 0703 809 5728

Dr. Amarachi Okpara – 0803 496 3602

Brendan Agu, Esq. – 0803 236 3363


Signed:
Barth Okoye, Esq.
For: Eastern Bar Forum