Dr. Jumoke Oduwole to present the 2017 Oputa Lecture in Canada

Organised by the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights at the Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada, the Oputa Lecture is named in honour of Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and Chair of the Human Rights Investigation Commission. Justice Oputa launched the Supreme Court of Nigeria into its golden age in the 1980s and left an indelible mark on its jurisprudence. The Oputa Lectures provide a forum in which Africans who are involved with governance on the continent can interact and exchange ideas with the York University community and the larger Canadian audience, to the mutual benefit of both Canada and African societies, on the challenges and triumphs of governance on the continent.

The speaker of this edition of the Oputa Lecture is Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Industry, Trade and Investment in the Office of the Vice President. She was holder of the Prince Claus Chair in development and equity 2013-2015 at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, the Netherlands. She is currently on leave of absence from the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, Faculty of Law of University of Lagos, Nigeria, where she is a senior lecturer.

Topic: The Road to Sustainable Change: Building an Enabling Business Environment in Nigeria.

Date: Friday, January 27, 2017, 12:30pm to 2:30pm

Venue: Room 2027, Ignat Kaneff Building, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada. (Kindly RSVP: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp )

Conversations will take place on Twitter with the hashtag #OputaLecture from 6:30pm -8:30pm (Nigerian Time) and the Lecture will also be live on Facebook.

To watch past lectures: http://nathanson.osgoode.yorku.ca/programs/public-lectures/oputa-lecture/