Doyen Bar Week Holds Jan 27th To Feb 2nd At Transcorp Hotel, Calabar

The Calabar branch of the Nigerian Bar Association also known as
DOYEN Bar is set to hold it’s branch’s 2020 Bar Week holding from
the 27th day of January, 2020 to the 2nd of February, 2020.

The event is expected to have in attendance His Excellency,
Senator (Prof.) Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State as a
special guest of honour.

Below read the press statement

The Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Calabar
Branch (The Doyen Bar) in conjunction with the Bar Week Planning
Committee hereby announces the Branch’s 2020 Bar Week holding from
Monday, 27th January through Sunday, 2nd February, 2020
at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar, Cross River State and other
selected venues.

The Week, which features a Public Lecture with the main
theme: GOOD GOVERNANCE: UTILITIES, SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE LAW
IN NIGERIA, also considers the sub-themes: Right to
Light, Right to Water, Right to
Shelter and Right to clean Environment. On parade to
dissect the main and sub themes are erudite and tested Speakers.
While Prof. Agbo J. Madaki (one time Senior Lecturer at the
Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi) is billed to
deliver the keynote address, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku (former Dean of
Law, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar), Prof. Jacob A. Dada
(Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar), Dr. Yomi
Oke (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos) and Hon.
Eyo Ekpo (former Attorney-General of Cross River State) are
scheduled to be Discussants.

The Public Lecture, which holds on Wednesday, 29th January,
2020 by 10.00a.m., would have His Excellency, Senator (Prof.)
Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State, as Special Guest of
Honour; Distinguished Senator Kanu G. Agabi, SAN as
Chairman while Mrs. Nella Andem-Rabana, SAN is billed to
act as Moderator of the session.

In the same vein, in the course of the Week, His Lordship,
Hon. Justice Akon B. Ikpeme, Ag. Chief Judge of Cross River
State would Chair the Bar-Bench Forum on Thursday,
28th January, 2020 while Hon. Justice Walter Nkanu
Onnoghen, JSC (Rtd) would be the Chairman of the Law
Dinner/Awards on Friday, 31st January, 2020.

Find below details of the activities of the
Week:

DAY 1: Monday, 27th January, 2020 – City Walk by Legal
Practitioners through the Calabar Carnival route from 7.00a.m.

DAY 2: Tuesday, 28th January, 2020 – Health Talk/Free
medical checks for Lawyers plus Free Legal Clinic for members of
the public from 9.00a.m.

DAY 3: Wednesday, 29th January, 2020 – Public Lecture from
10.00a.m.

DAY 4: Thursday, 30th January, 2020 – Bar-Bench Forum from
10.00a.m.

DAY 5: Friday, 31st January, 2020 – Visitation to inmates
of Correctional Service facilities, Afokang, Calabar and Sick and
Aged members of the Branch from 9.00a.m.;

LAW DINNER at 7.00p.m. – N5,000.00 (Dinner Fee)

DAY 6: Saturday, 1st February, 2020 – Enlarged
‘fit-and-proper’ aerobics exercise from 7.00a.m.

DAY 7: Sunday, 2nd February, 2020 – Thanksgiving Service by
10.00a.m.

Members of the Branch are enjoined to participate in all the
activities lined up above.

Thanks in anticipation.

Yours faithfully, DANIEL KIP, ACIArb, UK.
NBA, CALABAR BRANCH ASST. SEC./PUBLICITY SEC.

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