Visit of the Secretary General of AALCO to Federal Republic of Nigeria from 4 -10 June 2018
The Secretary General paid an official visit to the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 4-10 June 2018. He visited the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja and had the opportunity to meet Hon. Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice; H.E. Dayo Apata, Esq, the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary; Mrs. Stella Anukam, Director International and Comparative Law; and Mr. Macaulay Williams, Assistant Director, International and Comparative Law Department. They spoke about, among others, strengthening the cooperative relationship between AALCO and Nigeria. He also accentuated that Nigeria has a long standing relationship with AALCO and took this opportunity to request Honorable Government to encourage other sister countries of West Africa to join AALCO.
During his visit, the Secretary General also visited the Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Lagos (RCICAL) in Lagos, hosted by Nigeria, established in 1989 under the auspices of AALCO. He had a meeting with Hon. Wilfred Ikatari, the Director of RCICAL, with whom he discussed about the functioning and future projects of the Centre.
Nigeria joined AALCO in 1970 and has hosted Annual Session in the years 2012, 2002 and 1972.
