• Thanks Governing, Council, Prof Abikan-led Management For Award, Visionary Leadership
The immediate past director general of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Professor Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan, has been conferred with the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute (FNIALS). The award was presented to Professor Ladan during the 2025 Fellows Lecture and Conferment of NIALS Honorary Fellowship ceremony held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.
Professor Ladan was among four distinguished legal luminaries who received the honor, alongside former Attorneys General of the Federation and Ministers of Justice, Mr Kanu Agabi and Muhammad Bello Adoke, and Mr Yusuf Alli, SAN.
In his acceptance speech, on behalf of the honorees, Professor Ladan expressed profound gratitude to the NIALS Governing Council and the management, led by Professor Abdulqadir Ibrahim Abikan, for the award. “Permit me to express our gratitude to the NIALS Governing Council and the management under the leadership of the DG, Professor Abdulqadir Ibrahim Abikan,” he said.
“It is a great honour to be recognized by this esteemed Institute, and to join the ranks of eminent jurists and legal practitioners. I would like to start by saying that honestly, it is a great honour to be honoured by this Institute, to be part of distinguished or eminent jurists in the judiciary and also in legal practice.
“And I would say that one could actually begin to question whether some of us can actually fit into the shoes of some of the previous honorees like the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, who was also the President of the World Court at a time. I’m talking about Justice Teslim Olawale Elias.
“On behalf of today’s honorees, I would like to express our gratitude once more, to the DG and his team for deeming us fit to be conferred with today’s Fellowship Award. Thank you very much for being with us and for honouring the vocation of the institute.”
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