NBA Okays Olu Of Warri, Okonjo-Iweala, Others As Guest Speakers At 64th Conference

Prominent Nigerians, Ogiame Atuwatse III (CFR), the Olu of Warri and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have been announced as special guests at the 64th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Warri Sentinel can confirm. 

The conference which is scheduled to hold between August 23-28th 2024 in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos state, will feature the Olu of Warri and the WTO boss as Guest Speakers.

The revered first-class monarch, Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR, the Olu of Warri is expected to be on the Traditional Rulers Roundtable session as a speaker on the topic; ‘Proposal for Integrating Traditional with the Contemporary in Justice’.

According to details of the event on the website of the Association, another eminent Deltan and global financial Icon, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will deliver the keynote address at the legal rendezvous. Okonjo-Iweala, an economist, served as Nigeria’s first female and longest serving Finance Minister for seven years and was also the first female Foreign Affairs minister in Nigeria.

The 2024 Conference has the theme: “Pressing Forward: A National Posture for Rebuilding Nigeria”, and will hold between August 23 and 28, 2024. It will be attended by other notable personalities, among other stakeholders.

The President of NBA, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), said the conference will expand conversation and interconnectivity of various factors influencing Nigeria’s progress beyond a typical legal conference.