MD NDDC IDENTIFIES LEGAL ADVOCACY AS A KEY FACTOR IN OVERCOMING NIGER DELTA CHALLENGES
BY GABRIEL OKECHUKWU, FRCN PORT HARCOURT
Managing Director Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku says legal advocacy is very important in overcoming the challenges facing Niger Delta Region.
Dr. Ogbuku who made the assertion in Port Harcourt Rivers State, while speaking at twenty twenty four Moot Court Competition for law students from Universities in Niger Delta region, enjoined participants to take advantage of the programme to develop capacity in the legal profession.
The Managing Director who stated that the commission has intervened in different aspects of educational development, such as Scholarship schemes, hostel building and electricity, called for partnership to sustain the competition.
The MD who promised that the best performing school would be sponsored for internship in established law firms, told the people that the commission reactivated foreign post graduate scholarship, which has become successful with fifteen distinctions already recorded in last batch.
Similarly, Former President, Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Ocheze (OCJ) Okocha described Moot and mock Competition as being very essential in training of law students.
Chief Okocha encouraged the students to take training very seriously to be sound in the legal profession.
He stressed the importance of legal contribution to the development of the country.
In the same vein, Director Legal Services NDDC, Dr. Stephen Ighomuaye, explained that the competition would enable participants learn real court situation, employ persuasion and argumentative reasoning.
On her part, President Nigeria Bar Association, Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs. Cordelia Eke emphasized the importance of legal education, saying that the profession prepares one for leadership in various fields.
She asked lecturers to instill good courage and knowledge in students that would get them ready for the task ahead.
High point of the event was presentation of educational materials by Chairman Board of NDDC, Mr. Chiedu Ebie.
