Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, Justice Mohammed Garba and the pioneer Chairman of the Nigeria Copyright Commission, NCC, Prof. Egerton Uvieghara, are among dignitaries expected to grace the 2017 annual lecture of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, NAJUC, Lagos chapter, which comes up tomorrow at Muson Centre, Lagos.
The event with the theme: Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015: Innovations, Challenges and the Way Forward, will have in attendance the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem and Chief Felix Fagbohungbe, SAN, as the Special Guests of Honour.
Justice Garba, who will deliver the main lecture will review the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015, two years after it was signed into law.
A statement by Chairman and Secretary of NAJUC, Peter Fowoyo and Olugbenga Soyele, noted that ACJA is a revolutionary intervention in the country’s justice sector delivery system that was ostensibly formulated to impact on the quality of justice and avoid delays in the adjudicatory process.
He said: “Nigeria as a democratic country, has a duty to ensure that people, both rich and poor, can easily use the institutions and processes of law to resolve their disputes.”
“Since no piece of legislation is perfect and without some lacuna not envisaged by the draftsmen the lecture is expected to review some of the serious challenges in the administration of criminal justice which this new legal regime seeks to check.
“The second lecture titled “Journalism in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges” will be delivered by the Managing Editor, Online and Special Publications of The Nation Newspapers, Mr. Lekan Otunfodunrin.
“It is undeniable that as the world becomes more global and more complex, the meaning of journalism is starting to vary from person to person and country to country.
Just a couple of decades ago technology for journalists was limited, with only heavy, impractical cameras to take photographs or record events.
Today everything has become more transparent with the internet and social media, meaning anyone and everyone can become a journalist.
Mr. Otunfodunrin’s paper, which promises to be informative and practical, is expected to open the eyes of journalists to new opportunities available in today’s media industry.
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