Rivers EXCO Endorses Establishment Of Law School In P/Harcourt

Rivers State Executive Council has formally approved the offer
made by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, to build, furnish and deliver
a brand new campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt to
the Council of Legal Education.

The State Executive Council gave the approval for the
construction of a brand new campus of the Nigerian Law School
campus in Port Harcourt, at its meeting presided over by Governor
Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday.

Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,
Professor Zacchaeus Adangor, who briefed journalists after the
council’s meeting, explained that one of the conditions prescribed
by the Council of Legal Education was that the offer made by the
Governor of Rivers State must receive the unambiguous approval of
Rivers State Executive Council.

“I am happy to announce that the Rivers State Executive council
met today and at the end of the council’s meeting, and upon due
consideration of the memo presented by the Honourable Attorney
General, Rivers State executive council has formally approved the
offer made by government to build, furnish and deliver a brand new
campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt to the Council
of Legal Education.”

He further informed the Executive Council has also authorised
the office of the Attorney General of the State to also sign a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Legal Education,
specifying all the conditions and signaling the approval of the
Rivers State government to undertake the construction of the new
Law School campus in Port Harcourt.

Adangor said a major advantage of having a Law School in Port
Harcourt is that it will address a national problem, which is the
lack of carrying capacity of the existing campuses. And also
broaden the chances of qualified applicants seeking admission into
the Nigerian Law School.

The Rivers State Attorney General expressed optimism that the
new campus will promote legal education and re-establish Rivers
State on the map as the centre of legal education in the
country.

He recalled that the offer to establish a Nigerian Law School
campus had earlier been made to the government of Rivers State
under the previous administration, but for inexplicable reasons,
that offer was rejected.

“It is therefore quite reassuring to the people of Rivers State
that the Wike-led administration has more or less redeemed the
injustice done to the people of Rivers State by the previous
administration, by having a campus of the Nigerian Law School sited
in Port Harcourt.”

Wike had during the flag off ceremony for the construction of
facilities at the Yenegoa campus of the Nigerian Law School by the
Rivers State government on June 4th, offered to build, furnish and
deliver a brand new campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port
Harcourt if the Council of Legal Education will give the
approval.

That offer was followed immediately with a letter from the
officer of the Attorney General of the State to the Council of
Legal Education, making a formal application for the establishment
of a campus in Port Harcourt.

Subsequently, the governor also wrote a letter to the Attorney
General of the Federation stating the facilities which the Rivers
State government will undertake to provide at the new campus.

The Council of Legal Education met on 18th June, and after
extensive deliberation and discussion on the application of Rivers
State government , the council resolved unanimously to recommend
the approval of that application to the Honourable Attorney General
of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami ,SAN,
who also endorsed the establishment of a campus of Nigerian Law
School in Port Harcourt.

Rivers State Executive Council has formally approved the offer
made by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, to build, furnish and deliver
a brand new campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt to
the Council of Legal Education.

The State Executive Council gave the approval for the
construction of a brand new campus of the Nigerian Law School
campus in Port Harcourt, at its meeting presided over by Governor
Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday.

Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,
Professor Zacchaeus Adangor, who briefed journalists after the
council’s meeting, explained that one of the conditions prescribed
by the Council of Legal Education was that the offer made by the
Governor of Rivers State must receive the unambiguous approval of
Rivers State Executive Council.

“I am happy to announce that the Rivers State Executive council
met today and at the end of the council’s meeting, and upon due
consideration of the memo presented by the Honourable Attorney
General, Rivers State executive council has formally approved the
offer made by government to build, furnish and deliver a brand new
campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt to the Council
of Legal Education.”

He further informed the Executive Council has also authorised
the office of the Attorney General of the State to also sign a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Legal Education,
specifying all the conditions and signaling the approval of the
Rivers State government to undertake the construction of the new
Law School campus in Port Harcourt.

Adangor said a major advantage of having a Law School in Port
Harcourt is that it will address a national problem, which is the
lack of carrying capacity of the existing campuses. And also
broaden the chances of qualified applicants seeking admission into
the Nigerian Law School.

The Rivers State Attorney General expressed optimism that the
new campus will promote legal education and re-establish Rivers
State on the map as the centre of legal education in the
country.

He recalled that the offer to establish a Nigerian Law School
campus had earlier been made to the government of Rivers State
under the previous administration, but for inexplicable reasons,
that offer was rejected.

“It is therefore quite reassuring to the people of Rivers State
that the Wike-led administration has more or less redeemed the
injustice done to the people of Rivers State by the previous
administration, by having a campus of the Nigerian Law School sited
in Port Harcourt.”

Wike had during the flag off ceremony for the construction of
facilities at the Yenegoa campus of the Nigerian Law School by the
Rivers State government on June 4th, offered to build, furnish and
deliver a brand new campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port
Harcourt if the Council of Legal Education will give the
approval.

That offer was followed immediately with a letter from the
officer of the Attorney General of the State to the Council of
Legal Education, making a formal application for the establishment
of a campus in Port Harcourt.

Subsequently, the governor also wrote a letter to the Attorney
General of the Federation stating the facilities which the Rivers
State government will undertake to provide at the new campus.

The Council of Legal Education met on 18th June, and after
extensive deliberation and discussion on the application of Rivers
State government , the council resolved unanimously to recommend
the approval of that application to the Honourable Attorney General
of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami ,SAN,
who also endorsed the establishment of a campus of Nigerian Law
School in Port Harcourt.