The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Osun State University, Mallam Yusuf Ali was among the prominent lawyers and Senior Advocates of Nigeria who joined the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo at the just concluded 58th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association held at the International Conference Center, Abuja.
Osun State University through its Legal Unit also participated actively in the conference that was attended by well over 10,000 delegates from across the globe, including Nigeria, Bars of the Americas, Asia, Europe and other parts of Africa, among whom were speakers and attendees.
The Conference held from Sunday, 26th to Thursday, 30th August, 2018 was declared open by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), who delivered a speech on the supremacy of the Rule of Law.
Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo delivered the keynote address that centered around the conference theme on “Transition, Transformation and Sustainable Institutions”.
There were plenary sessions anchored by dignitaries within and outside the legal parlance, among whom were a former Head of State of Nigeria General Abdulsalam Abubakar (Retired), Keith Boyfield from the United Kingdom, Laurin Kleiman from United States of America, Philipp Hackett from the United Kingdom, Mallam Yusuff Alli (SAN), the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Osun State University,Prof Kanyisola Ajayi ( SAN), Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), Wole Olanipekun (SAN) among others.
The topics discussed at the Conference include: Strengthening Institutions for Economic Risk Management, Access to Arbitral Justice, Technology Disruption, Emergence of Disruptive Technologies in Legal Education and Rule of Law and Security.
The event ended with the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected Executives of the Nigerian Bar Association, headed by Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN) as the President and other members of his team to run the affairs of the Association for the next two years.