The Oputa Lecture is named in honour of Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and most recently the Chair of the Human Rights Investigation Commission. Justice Oputa launched the Supreme Court of Nigeria into its golden age in the 1980s and left an indelible mark on its jurisprudence. The Oputa Lectures provide a forum in which Africans who are involved with governance on the continent can interact and exchange ideas with the York University community and the larger Canadian audience, to the mutual benefit of both Canada and African societies, on the challenges and triumphs of governance on the continent.
Some past lectures:
April 11, 2012
The Nigerian Federal System of Government: A Case for Review
His Excellency Dr. Ike Ekweremadu
Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Speaker of the West African Parliament
March 2, 2011
Governance, Electoral Reform and Human Rights in Africa
Mr. Roland Ebuware
Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria
November 5, 2009