*Says This Year’s Conference Will Address Economic Problems
And Proffer Solutions
*NBA-SBL acts as a catalyst – Now In Collaboration With NASS —
Mr. Seni Adio, SAN
Chairman of Conference Planning Committee, Dr.
Adeoye Adefulu, has said that the Companies and Allied Matters Bill
needs to be signed into law, and the NBA-SBL is encouraging the
government to do that.
Dr. Adeoye Adefulu, made this statement during the SBL brunch
session at Westwood Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, with respect to the 13th
Annual Business Conference.
According to him, the provision in the bill will make businesses
to be done with ease and take away a lot of bottle necks business
owners face while running their business.
The Chairman NBA-SBL, Mr. Seni Adio SAN, in a brief speech,
thanked members of the press for their continuous support over the
years and encouraged them to continue reporting on various areas
they work on — not just the conference also. According to him, the
conference will be an international one as delegates from other
African countries, Europe and America will be present at the
event.
The Conference is expected to be full of many interesting topics
such as: Pragmatic Ways To Solve Nigeria’s Growth Challenge;
Health, Security and Education (HSE); Sexual Harassment In The Work
Place Discussion On The Oil & Gas Industry – The Role Of The
Private Sector In Fixing Nigeria; Making The Civil Justice System
Better – The future Of Law.
Speakers at the event include: Toyin Sani, Emerging Africa
Capital, Andrew Nevin, Chief Economist PWC CEO, Flying Doctor
International, CEO for Teach for Nigeria.
During the question and answers segment, a representative from
Silverbird TV asked on the assessment of the Nigerian economy in
the last 4 years. Responding, Dr. Adefulu said that, no doubt, the
economy hasn’t been doing well as a result of recession, and
several other challenges it faces, but that, this year’s conference
will find ways to provide solutions around increased and inclusive
growth of the Nigerian economy.
Speaking on the level of government involvement at the
conference, he said that the government is fully involved and will
be as part of the panelist at the conference.
”Just like last year’s event, it helped the process of signing
the AFCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Agreement) bill, even
though we are yet to be a signatory but soon.
”The conference was instrumental in bringing it to the fore
front of the government,” he said.
Also, Law editor at Daily independence, Mr. Stephen, asked to
know what the leadership of NBA-SBL is doing to make sure the
discussion at the conference is made a communiqué. Mr. Seni Adio in
response said that NBA-SBL acts as a catalyst.
”For the first time ever, the SBL had a collaboration with the
National Assembly and Nigeria Economic Summit Group to come up with
NASBER- National Assembly Business and Economic Round Table.
Also, the establishment of PEBEC shows that the government is
listening to them,” he replied.
A Lawyer and Reporter for UROK media, who is also a beneficiary
of the SBL Academy, Gbemisola, also asked about employment and the
future of work, since technology is here and taking over so many
things, stressing that, some organizations are even talking of
Fintech Lawyers. He asked to know if the conference will address
it.
Dr. Adefulu also replied him saying that the conference will be
treating discussions around Agricultural value chain, Health,
security and education, and also look at how they will educate the
people for the next economy.
He also added that Rashida Abdulahi, a lawyer based in the UK
will be coming to talk about it and tell them how she has
successfully been able to practice law even without an office.
Mr. Steve of the Daily independence then asked what the
leadership is doing to make principals of law firms pay better
salaries to the junior lawyers.
As usual, he said that there is need for a round table
discussion on this issue, but the main NBA Conference for 2019 will
address it thoroughly.
Mr. Ibe Uwaleke of the Advocate News encouraged the conference
to challenge the government to carry out a census for them to know
their number and plan better for the citizens.
Mr. Jude from Thisday also asked how the SBL are engaging the
university law students on this conference. Dr. Adefulu, who is the
Chairman, Conference Planning Committee said that conversations are
already on at the various SBL clubs in schools and as challenges
were thrown to them, the winner of the challenge will be part of
the panelist of the conference.
The NBA-SBL was encouraged to post video recordings at their
conferences and media room on their website so as to enable many to
download.
Dr. Adefulu finally thanked the members of the press and
encouraged them to continue to help communicate the mission and
vision of the NBA-SBL to lawyers and the business community.
The event was a parley with the press to inform them about the
Upcoming 13th Annual Business Law Conference on 26th to 28th June
2019, with the theme: ”Growth, Investment and Employment, Beyond
Rhetorics.”