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  • ‘Lawyers must respect Eastern Bar’s adoption practice’

    Former Yenagoa Branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lord Azebi Bobobraye Anthony writes on why the Eastern Bar Forum( EBF) decisions must be complied with.

    Some years before the formation of the Eastern Bar Forum (EBF) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), lawyers of the region attended an NBA general election in Ibadan.

    At the end of the election, all the candidates and contestants  from the defunct Eastern Region who vied for various national offices  all lost. We returned home licking our wounds in pains and regrets.

    Prominent and distinguished learned legal practitioners from the defunct Eastern Region like late Philip Umeadi (SAN), Sir Clement Akpamgbo ( SAN),  Professor Ernest Ojukwu ( SAN)  alias Teacher, O. C. J.  Okocha  (SAN), Prof. Ikpeze Ogugua   and others  came together and reasoned that if states in the defunct Eastern Region could form an alliance and come together as brothers, they could go all out and win any election. That was how EBF was formed.

    At the time EBF was formed, it had no written constitution and we operated on what we call the core values and traditions of the EBF, prominent among which was the principle of adoption of candidates for national elections.

    Since there was no written Constitution, there was no tenure for the leader of the EBF. Incidentally, Prof. Ojukwu was made the first chairman of EBF governing council sometime in 2002.

    From that time onwards, at each election year, giving the previous woeful outing in Ibadan, members would meet at a designated venue under the leadership of Prof. Ojukwu  and adopt  members of the Forum for any upcoming election of NBA into various offices.

    And once such persons were adopted  by EBF, all members of the forum who lost in the adoption exercise  must collapse their interest and support into that of  the EBF adopted candidates, which really and irrepressibly worked. However, refusal to abide by the decision of EBF attract sanctions such as suspension or expulsion.

    In 2006, EBF adopted Olisa Agbakoba (SAN)  and others, but Chief Chris Uche (SAN)  who was also running for the office of President refused to abide by the decision. He was expelled from EBF under the chairmanship of  Prof. Ojukwu  at the time.

    Again, in 2010, in the build up to another NBA general elections, EBF gathered in Owerri, Imo State to adopt candidates. One of our distinguished learned colleagues, N. H. Nwankwo of NBA Owerri Branch lost out at the stage of the EBF adoption. Nwankwo  vowed not to respect EBF’s decision. The leadership of EBF still under Prof. Ojukwu suspended Nwankwo.

    Before we went to Ibadan for the NBA general elections in 2010, another EBF quarterly meeting was convened at the Nigerian Law School, Enugu Campus, situated at Agbani, where  Prof. Ojukwu was the Deputy Director-General.

    1. S. Damabide my boss, was the Chairman while I was the Secretary of NBA Yenagoa Branch. Before the meeting could commence, Prof. Ojukwu sighted Nwankwo.

    Prof. Ojukwu immediately asked Nwankwo to excuse us, but Nwankwo refused.

    Prof. Ojukwu ordered a staff of Techno Crime to bundle out Nwankwo. Members protested and resolved that it was not dignifying to treat a lawyer in that manner. Nwankwo was then escorted out of the meeting.

    EBF resolved that Nwankwo be expelled. At the close of the meeting at Agbani, we retired to the residence of Prof. Ojukwu for dinner and he treated us to some live gun shots which, according to him, was a way of chasing away the enemy.

    Nwankwo subsequently took Prof.  Ojukwu and the EBF to court but lost.

    In 2012, EBF gathered again to adopt their members for the 2012 NBA election. Okey Wali  (SAN)  was adopted but Chief Emeka Ngige  (SAN) refused to abide by the decision. He was suspended by EBF alongside Mr. Blessing Ukiri  of NBA Port Harcourt Branch.

    Thus, Prof. Ojukwu  led EBF for close to 10 years before an EBF constitution was written and adopted.

    Article 11 of the EBF constitution is solely about adoption, which the 2015 NBA Constitution also recognises in Section 9(3) and Section 2.2 (a -e) of the Second Schedule.

    Based on the NBA Constitution, EBF equally recognises the fact that in the East we have the Southeast and Southsouth geo-political zones. So, whenever the NBA Presidency that is rotational gets to the East, EBF zones it to either the Southsouth or Southeast.

    In 2006, when the NBA Presidency was zoned to the east, EBF without any acrimony and in total compliance with established procedures, zoned it to the Southeast. Agbakoba (Anambra) got it.

    In 2012, when the NBA Presidency was again zoned to the east, EBF zoned it to Southsouth. Wali (Rivers) got it.

    In 2018, the NBA Presidency has again been zoned to the East and it is the turn of the Southeast to have it. EBF according to  its tradition and Constitution particularly Article 11 has adopted Chief Arthur Obi Okafor (SAN)  and others to carry the flag of EBF.

    Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN)  who is from the Southsouth is expected to relax and wait till 2024 when it will be the turn of the Southsouth and Akwa-Cross to produce the next NBA President.

    As for the other candidates, whoever among them that contests the election against the EBF adoption principle, will be given the usual EBF treatment.

    If we as distinguished learned members of the legal profession choose to trample on or ignore the sacred facts of our history, chances are that we may repeat the mistakes of history.

     

    • Lord is a Yenagoa lawyer
  • Isara Remo kingship stool: Court fixes Jan 24 for adoption of written address

    Isara Remo kingship stool: Court fixes Jan 24 for adoption of written address

    An Ogun State high court sitting in Sagamu has fixed January 24 for the adoption of the final written address in a suit filed by Prince Adetayo Odunsi challenging the nomination of Mr. Albert Mayungbe as candidate-elect to the stool of Odemo of Isara Remo by the kingmakers.

    Justice A. A. Babawale fixed the date owing to the failure of the government’s counsel to file his written address within the stipulated time and as agreed to by parties on November 6.

    At resumed proceedings, counsel to the 15th to 18th defendants, Mr A. A.  Adefala sought the court’s permission for an extension of time within which to file his written address.

    The 15th to 18th defendants are Governor of Ogun State; Executive Council of Ogun State; the state commissioner for Chieftaincy and Local Government and the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

    Aside Albert Mayungbe, other defendants in the suit are Chief Wasiu Ekundayo; Secretary, Remo North Local Government; Oliwo of Isara, Chief Ajibowu Ogunfowodu; Apena of Isara, Chief Jimoh Soyombo; Chief Ladipo Ogunyemi; Ogbeni Odi of Isara, Chief Olajubu Osibote; Ekeji Asipa Odi, Chief Tunde Kalejaiye; Asipa Odi of Isara, Chief Owuye Logba as second to ninth defendants.

    Others are Ekeji Asipa Odi of Isara, Chief Efuwape Sotikare; Olori Emo of Isara, Chief Bashiru Awoniyi; Ekeji Olori Emo of Isara, Chief Korede Ogunwole; Asipa Emo of Isara, Chief Nosiru Sodipe; and Ekeji Asipa Emo, Chief Adewole Sopitan.

    Adefala said he had an application before the court dated last November 28,  and filed last December 6, brought pursuant to Order 4, Rule 4 of Civil Procedure Rule of Ogun State High Court.

    He said the application was supported by an eight-point affidavit deposed to by one Ogunniyi.

    He said the application sought an order of the court for an extension of time within which to file their written address and an order deeming the written address to have been filed.

    Counsel to the claimant, Mr Muyiwa Obanewa and Counsel to the first, sixth to ten and 14th defendants, Dr Victor Odunaiya, did not opposed the application.

    Odunaiya also informed the court that he had already filed his written address and that the written address filed by government counsel will not affect his final submissions.

    Obanewa also gave commitment to file his response to the written address within seven days of receipt of the document.

    Justice Babawale granted the request of Adefala and adjourned the matter till January 24.

    At the last sitting of the court, a former Deputy Director, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Akinrinwale Opeolu, while under examination by counsel to the claimant, Obanewa, told the court that he could not recall any instance where an ‘Odi’ is presented as candidate for kingship position in Yorubaland.

    Akinrinwale, is a defence witness, with five years, nine months experience in the Ministry of Local Government.

    When asked by Obanewa that, with his experience in the ministry and as a Yorubaman, if he could recall any instance that an ‘Odi’ was presented as a candidate for kingship in Yorubaland, the defence witness  said: “I wouldn’t have known if there was such an instance.”

    In his statement of claims,  Prince Odunsi, maintained that he is a direct descendant of the late king Oyemade Mayungbe and progenitor of Erinsiba Ayoledoye Ruling House and averred that he is the lawfully entitled to the stool of Odemo of Isara.

    But the first defendant, Albert Mayungbe, in his counter-claim, had insisted on being a bonafide member and descendant of the Erinsiba Ayoledoye Ruling House.

  • Ekiti youths oppose adoption of Fayose’s deputy

    Ekiti youths oppose adoption of Fayose’s deputy

    •Olusola: nothing wrong with my adoption

    Some youths in Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State have said they will resist the alleged imposition of deputy governor, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, on the electorate.

    Rising from a meeting on Saturday at Omuo-Ekiti, headquarters of the local government area, the youth condemned the adoption of Olusola as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “sole candidate”.

    They said the plan was masterminded by Governor Ayo Fayose.

    Acting under the aegis of Ekiti East Youth Forum (EEYF), the group called for the conduct of a free, fair and transparent primary in which all aspirants would participate and eligible delegates allowed to elect a candidate of their choice.

    Ekiti East is the home base of another PDP governorship aspirant and Senate Deputy Minority Whip Biodun Olujimi.

    The senator has fallen out of favours with Fayose over her governorship ambition.

    In a statement after the meeting, EEYF President Joel Rotimi and its Secretary, Oluwatimilehin Stephen, said the decision by a section of the PDP to adopt Olusola among several other aspirants was against the principle of fairness and justice.

    The statement urged the national leadership of the PDP to intervene in the matter.

    It said the crisis thrown up by the “surreptitious adoption” was capable of damaging the chances of the party in the 2018 governorship poll.

    The statement reads: “The purported adoption of Olusola, even before the party releases its guidelines and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifts the ban on political campaign, was a pure charade and illegal. It will not stand.

    “The action was masterminded by Governor Fayose to cover up his illegalities. It is a ploy to continue to rule Ekiti because he knows that the deputy governor is weak.

    “It was unfortunate that Governor Fayose, who singlehandedly fought against consensus, is now imposing a candidate.

    “We commend leaders, like Senator (Biodun) Olujimi, representing Ekiti South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, for opposing the move and we urge her to take steps to stop the illegal action.”

    The adopted sole candidate, Prof. Olusola, has said he was not afraid of going into a primary election with other aspirants, expressing confidence of winning the party’s ticket at a shadow poll.

  • Stakeholders seek adoption of alternative dispute resolution

    The real estate industry has grown to become one of the most vibrant sectors of the nation’s economy, including that of Lagos State.

    This is why the infrastructural renewal policy of the government, including an increased public spending on capital projects has made Lagos State a destination of choice for both commercial and residential developers.

    However, owing to this high market demand and the potentials the sector holds, activities in the real estate sector has become susceptible to abuse by individuals who engage in nefarious and unconventional activities. This has often times led to conflict within the industry.

    But, this trend may soon be reversed. Last week, the Estate Agents Practitioners Association of Nigeria (EAPAN), in collaboration with the Lagos State Real Estate Transaction Department, (LASRETRAD), took steps to ensure an end to such happenings is put in place.

    At an annual Stakeholders’ Forum organised by LASRETRAD, themed: “Arbitration: A Better option To Dispute Resolution in Real Estate Practice,” Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, represented at the forum by his Special Adviser on Housing, Mrs. Aramide Giwanson, regretted that the number of court cases that the state’s Ministry of Housing has instituted as a result of issues arising from real estate transactions in recent times has not only become unprecedented, but also become a thorny issue. The forum aimed at proffering solutions to some anomalies in tenancy transactions in the state, the bulk of whose blame has been heaped on estate agents.

    “Therefore, the need to expeditiously dispose cases in order to sanitise and build confidence in the sector for the benefit of all stakeholders cannot be over-emphasised,” Ambode said.

    Addressing the forum, which held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Lagos State government Secretariat, Alausa, the state’s Commissioner for Housing, Gbolahan Lawal, said that in view of the importance of sector and its significant contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, it is imperative that activities in such a sector is adequately and properly regulated to enable it deliver at its optimum for the overall benefit of both practitioners and the entire citizenry. “In any human endeavour, conflict, misunderstanding and professional misconduct cannot be completely eliminated. This is more so in the course of real estate transactions,” he said, adding that the present administration’s desire for quick conflict resolution led to the pursuit of alternative dispute resolution in the current judicial system.

    The Guest Speaker, Mr. Juwon Adenuga, who is also an Estate Surveyor and Valuer, contended that with the understanding of disputes and resolution options, it could be taken for granted that the option of arbitration is better suited to resolve disputes than litigation. This is because it saves a lot of time and resources than going through the litigation process.

    He noted that intending and existing investors in the sector need the guidance of surveyors to make feasible and valuable decision before investing and even afterwards. This, according to Adenuga, is because investments in real estate are capital intensive and by implication, if proper discernment is not made, it can lead to huge losses on investments.

    “It’s important that incidents capable of resulting in financial losses are minimised. That is why disputes, being one of such incidents need to be resolved as efficiently as possible and it is in this regard one would see that arbitration is far better than litigation. It saves time, money and quickly restores healthy relationship among the contending parties,” Lawal noted.

    Adenuga also identified the various services provided in real estate practice to include valuation, feasibility and viability appraisal, projectproperty development, and noted that in the course of rendering these services, relationships are created, most of which are contractual and commercial in nature.

    The issue of estate agents and their role drew the greatest attention at the forum as a result of the several tenancy-related problems which has become a regular occurrence in urban cities.

    The President of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Dr. Bolarinde Patunola-Ajayi, while speaking at the forum, urged estate agents to flush out the bad eggs in their midst so as to save their profession. “Estate agency is more than business; it’s a profession and I urge the practitioners to see it as such. It’s our role as practitioners to collaborate with government to weed out fraudsters and quacks from the system. Let us uphold the code of conduct of our profession and sanitise it,” Patuola-Ajayi admonished.

    On his part, the President, Real Estate Agents in Nigeria, Mr. Kunle Adedeji, urged government to set up a monitoring team that will comprise of government officials and representative of various estate agent associations to serve as checks on activities of the operators in the sector. “I will implore government to ensure that tenancy law in Lagos is fully implemented and that can only be possible with collaboration of all stakeholders in the sector,” he said.

  • Hospital staff arrested for stealing babies for illegal adoption

    Indian police on Sunday said six hospital staff arrested on Friday for stealing babies and young children had been charged for selling them to childless couples in illegal adoption racket.

    Investigating officer, Ravi Channannavar, said in Chennai that the three men and three women, arrested in southern India, were part of a bigger, organised gang involved in trafficking children.

    The suspects worked as nurses and laboratory technicians at five private hospitals and a government-run hospital in Mysuru city.

    Channannavar said that the gang targeted poor couples coming to the hospitals to deliver or get an abortion, in which case they convinced them to deliver the child.

    He said that they sell the children soon after stealing them.

    “In other cases, the gang would steal children from beggars on the streets and sell them for 200,000 rupees ($2,995) in cities like Bengaluru,’’ he said.

    Channannavar said investigations had revealed that the group had sold at least 15 children to different childless couples.

    “We have rescued three children so far and are looking for the others. There may be many more.

    “Statements by the arrested gang members indicate the involvement of a doctor as well,’’ he said.

    Channannavar said the six were arrested following a lengthy investigation triggered in April when police received a complaint from a woman who said her two-year-old son had been snatched off the street.

    The officer confirmed that crime data released by government in August showed more than 40 per cent of human trafficking cases in 2015 involved children bought, sold and exploited as modern day slaves.

    Paul Sundar, Singh of non-profit Karunalaya, which runs a centre for street children in Chennai, described the case as one of the few that had come to light.

    He stressed that there were many more unreported cases.

    Sundar described stealing children as a big organised crime that police were still struggling to clamp down on across the country.

    He pointed out that cases of young children stolen from the pavements of Chennai city earlier the year were still unsolved. (Reuters/NAN)

  • SON seeks adoption of national policy on substandard products

    The Standard Organisation of Nigeria, (SON) has urged the Federal Government on the need to adopt a ‘National Quality Policy’ to effectively restrain unbridled influx of substandard products into the country. Director General of the agency, Paul Angya said the approval and implementation of a quality control policy will give impetus to efforts targeted at crippling flow of fake goods and consequently enable locally made products compete healthily with foreign counterparts.

    He said:  “Since last year, we have been trying to get the government to adopt the National Quality Policy and the concomitant National Quality Infrastructure. In the past three years since the advent of industrial revolution plan, SON was charged with the process for the national quality policy that will enable Nigeria trading environment to become competitive. It requires approval of the Federal Executive Council and the legislature for it to become law. It has worked elsewhere and it is believed that if it fully comes on stream.”

    According to him, the policy will minimize incessant incidents of rejection of Nigeria products in the global market, through the establishment of accredited institutions that can satisfactorily evaluate the ability of laboratories to declare products fit for exportation.

    He explained that the dearth of these critical parastatals has immensely deprived Nigeria of credit on her home made goods as they get credited to the countries with the enablement to certify them. He noted that the diversification effort of the government may not reap its full benefit without quality control.

    He said: “Before any agricultural product can go out of Nigeria, it needs to be tested in an accredited laboratory in Nigeria. Until that lab is certified itself, it cannot test others. Right now, the only accredited laboratories are in Lagos and farming is done mostly in the north. So you can’t sincerely expect someone to carry beans from Sokoto to Lagos to test for export. And when you don’t do that, all the products leaving Nigeria are not sold as Nigerian products because they leave and get accredited in Ghana, so they are displayed on shelves in London as Ghanaian products. If you go to London, you will see yams from Nigeria labeled Ghanaian or sometimes Brazilian because they are certified there. So we lose all the value added to the product.”

  • Lawyer recommends adoption as viable alternative to abortion

    Lawyer recommends adoption as viable alternative to abortion

    Mrs Maureen Ajogo, an Abuja-based legal practitioner, says giving up an “unwanted” child for adoption is a better option than having an abortion.

    Ajogo gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari.

    According to her, abortion is a deviation from the moral norm of the sanctity of human life.

    The legal practitioner said no civilised society should permit a human to intentionally take the life of another human.

    “It must be punishable. However, adoption is a viable alternative to abortion.

    “There is no such thing as an unwanted child. Look around you today; you hear of families travelling to remote places just to either conceive or get a child they can adopt,’’ she said.

    Ajogo explained that abortion could result in complications later in life with the person terminating the pregnancy at risk of experiencing ectopic pregnancy, miscarriages, and pelvic inflammatory disease.

    She identified rape victims as persons at risk of becoming pregnant with an “unwanted’’ baby.

    According to her, if a situation like that should arise, the victim should be given proper medical care to ensure that she does not get pregnant.

    “This is how the excuse for the act of terminating the pregnancy begins because we say it is unwanted.

    “Abortion punishes the unborn child, who has committed no crime.

    “It is the perpetrator who should be punished. Abortion should not be used as another form of contraception,” Ajogo said.

  • CJN cautions judges, magistrates on plea bargain adoption

    CJN cautions judges, magistrates on plea bargain adoption

    The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed has cautioned judges and magistrates to be cautious in handling plea bargains  brought before them.

    He also advised judicial officers to accord human face to criminal justice proceedings by considering other alternatives to custodial sentences in view of the inadequacies of the nation’s prison system.

    ‘I call on you all to be aware of the provision of other alternatives to custodial sentences, which will assist in ensuring that justice is done, with a human face and in consideration of the capacity of our prisons to cope with incarcerated persons’

    Justice Mohammed spoke in Kaduna yesterday while addressing a group of judges and magistrates, who are attending a sensitisation workshop on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), for judges and magistrates of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),  organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with funding by the European Union (EU).

    The CJN, who was represented by Justice Ibrahim Tanko,  noted that the ACJ Act is the culmination of the long held desire to improve upon the administration of criminal justice and to bring the rules of criminal procedures in Nigeria in line with global best practices and the need of the 21st Century.

    He added that the objectives of the Act, as found in Section 1 of the law, are to promote efficient management of criminal justice institutions, provide of speedy dispensation of justice and protect the society from crime, while defending the rights and interest of the defendant and the victim.

    “These indicate a deliberate shift from punishment, as the main goal of criminal justice is restorative justice, which pays attention to the needs of the society, the victims, vulnerable persons and human dignity,” the CJN said.

    “Another important innovation, which I shall only mention, is plea bargaining. Suffice it to say that you must be very careful. And I repeat, you must be very careful in accepting a plea bargain agreement that is before you and ensure that its use is indeed judicious and not malicious.

    “Similarly, I call on you all to be aware of the provision of other alternatives to custodial sentences, which will assist in ensuring that justice is done, with a human face and in consideration of the capacity of our prisons to cope with incarcerated persons,” he said.

    The National Judicial Commission (NJC) in April 2013 suspended Justice Abubakar Mahmud Talba of the FCT High Court for one year on the grounds “that he did not exercise his discretion judicially and judiciously with regard to the sentences he passed on one of the accused persons, Mr. John Yakubu Yusuf in the Police Pension case of FRN vs Esai Dangabar and five others.”

    Justice Talba had, in his judgment in the case, awarded a fine of N750,000 as fine against Yusuf, who pleaded guilty to the theft of over N23billion. Justice Talba, who has since resumed duties, was listed, in the programme of event, as a discussant and participant at the workshop.

    The Chief Judge of the High Court of the FCT, Justice Ishaq Bello, the President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Moses Bello and the Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Professor Adedeji Adekunle commended the various innovative provisions contained in the ACJA 2015.

    They were confident that the law, when properly applied, was capable of revolutionizing the nation’s criminal justice system and eliminate the delay associated with criminal trials.

    The FCT High Court Chief Justice said the workshop was intended to help judges, magistrates and other players within the criminal justice system understand the ACJA with a view to ensuring the effective operations of the system.

    The president of the Customary Court of Appeal, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant (Legal) Gabriel Maha, said the ACJA would help eliminate the lacuna that existed in the former criminal justice legislations, which constituted major challenges to the effectiveness of the criminal justice system.

    Representative of the UNODC, Mrs. Ugonna Ezekwem, who highlighted the various ways her organisation was working to ensure that the ACJA was well popularised, assured everyone that the UNODC will continue to support all efforts aimed at ensuring the effective implementation of the ACJA.

     

     

     

     

  • UPN: INEC voids adoption of Jonathan

    UPN: INEC voids adoption of Jonathan

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the adoption of President Goodluck Jonathan as the presidential candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN).

    INEC said the Lagos convention of January 9 2015 by the suspended National Chairman of the party, Dr Frederick Fasehun, was illegal.

    The electoral body’s position contained in a letter dated 7th January 2015 emphasised that the Lagos convention should not have held because extant rules were not complied with.

    It said a new convention must be held by the authentic National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party led by the acting Chairman, Dr Manzo Abubakar.

    The letter reads: “This is to inform you that the commission is in receipt of another letter dated 5th , January 2015, under the signature of the UPN National Secretary that non-compliance with Article I V , Section1:1 of the constitution of UPN in scheduling of the National Convention vide the notice of 24th , December, 2014.

    “Having considered the issue raised in the said letter, the commission has directed that you be advised to comply with Article I V, Section 1:1of your party’s constitution by convening a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to approve the place and time of the National Convention.

    “Accordingly, your party is required to provide a notice for National Convention that is supported by clear evidence of compliance with the relevant provision of the constitution of UPN which empowers the National Executive Committee (NEC) to prescribe the place and time of the Party’s National Convention.”

  • How Nigeria can grow IT adoption

    Nigeria is trailing South Africa in the adoption of Information Technology (IT), an expert has said. According to Michelle Bulbring, adoption of IT is low in Nigeria compared with that of South Africa.

    Bulbring, who is the Regional Manager, Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) of eBeam, said Nigeria’s adoption capacity is lower that that of South Africa.

    Speaking at the sealing of a deal with Technology Distribution Limited (TDL) in Lagos, she said the country has huge market with high prospect for growth, adding that the country will overtake South Africa in the next two or three years if the right things are done.

    According to her, development cannot be achieved if IT adoption is not increased and made to permeate the different strata of the economy, especially the education sector.

    According to her, with the eBeam ineractive technology solution, teaching and learning can be achieved in compelling lessons that excite the children and create enthusiasm for learning.

    She adds that a company executive can host a meeting that allows everyone to contribute, no matter where they are, up to 25 locations.

    “eBeam systems recognise that schools and businesses often have tight budgets, therefore, the solutions can be used on the projectors and white boards that you already own or on the wall in the absence of a white board,” she added.

    She said the systems are designed to bring interactivity to the environment with relevant solutions that will work.