Law students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) can now heave a sigh of relief after the school authorities resolved the uncertainties surrounding their admission to the Nigerian Law School.
While speaking to the aspiring lawyers at a dinner held at Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Lagos, to mark the end of the NOUN Law Week recently, the director of the McCarthy Study Centre, Lagos, Professor Mba Okoronkwo, revealed that the vice chancellor of NOUN, Professor Abdallah Adamu, was determined to ensure that the law students attend the Nigerian Law School and are called to the Nigerian Bar before the end of his tenure.
Corroborating the position of the VC, a lawyer and staff adviser, South-West, NOUN, Barr. Njoku Nduka, said the issue of admission into law school has become a mute point and no longer an issue for active conversation.
“I charge the students to take their studies very seriously like never before and be good ambassadors of NOUN in all their endeavours. The school does not accommodate mediocrity, and all of you must have that mind set and act accordingly.”
The dinner opened with the singing of Nigeria's National Anthem and NOUN’s anthem, led by Master Godswill Testimony Balogun. It was a night of awards, as many stakeholders who stood out in different ways were rewarded.
In her opening speech at the dinner, the president of Law Students Association (LAWSA), Obazuaye Anna, said:
“The Annual Grand Dinner is the flagship event in the calendar of the Law Faculty and a window for the students to converge and rub minds with legal luminaries and intellectually sagacious minds in our nation, Nigeria.”
She thanked the school management and all the participants for gracing the event.
Another 500 level law student, Mr. Fidel Ekwute, expressed joy at the disclosure. He said: “My determination never wavered. I believed the matter would be resolved one day. Now the stakeholders are working endlessly to tie all the loose ends to ensure that our admission into the law school is made a reality. It began to take shape when the Act that set up the school was amended.”
She thanked the school management and all the participants for gracing the event.
Another 500 level law student, Mr. Fidel Ekwute, expressed joy at the disclosure. He said: “My determination never wavered. I believed the matter would be resolved one day. Now the stakeholders are working endlessly to tie all the loose ends to ensure that our admission into the law school is made a reality. It began to take shape when the Act that set up the school was amended.”
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