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| Professor Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan |
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS).
The appointment was conveyed to the Professor of law of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in a letter addressed to him dated 18th September, 2019 signed by Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
It reads: “I am pleased to inform you that Muhammadu Buhari, president, Federal Republic of Nigeria, has approved your appointment of as Director -General, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies for an initial term of four years in accordance with the provisions of section 5(1) & 9(1) the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Act, 2004”
Brief introduction of the new Director-General NIALS
Ladan is a Professor with 32 years (1987-2019) experience in teaching, research, publications, mentorship and supervision at the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and as the immediate past Director, Legislative Support Services at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, National Assembly, Abuja.
He has in the last 22 years represented Nigeria as a Human Rights expert in the defence of Nigeria’s periodic country reports at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and Geneva, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris; African Human Rights Commission in the Gambia and at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has also consulted widely for UN Agencies and ECOWAS Commission in Nigeria.
Ladan is a member of the Nigerian Council for Legal Education, World Jurist Association, Washington DC, USA; IUCN Academy of and Commission on Environmental Law; a Hubert Humphrey Fellow, USA, and member, Nigerian Society of International Law, among others.
He is the Deputy Chair, National Committee on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law Treaties (IHL) and the National Committee on the Justice Sector Reform Implementation Committee (2011-to date). Born in Kano on 24 March 1960.
