Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has called on Nigerians to embrace the strategic support his law firm, Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) is providing for individuals to start up a business.
“Startups play a key role in generating a nation’s GDP. Amazing founders are creating fantastic businesses all over Africa, but they are unable to access the money, networks, and business development assistance that are essential to their success.
“We provide strategic support for your startup’s growth at OAL SET GROWTH CAPSULE. We give you access to a network of subject-matter authorities, Individualized coaching and a community of founders dedicated to success.
“If you are an entrepreneur seeking rapid development, or your company uses creative approaches to address persistent issues and you are an early-stage founder who wants to scale your business, you should join the growth capsule.”
It was gathered that registration for the programme tagged: “OAL SET GROWTH CAPSULE” would close on 17th March 2023, and it is free.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Agbakoba served as a research fellow in the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs’ (NIIA) Law and Intelligence Department.
He left NIIA after a year and formed his own law firm, Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, which specializes in commercial and maritime law.
The former NBA President has also been a key leader in the country’s pro-democratic movement, and is the President of AfroNet, an international NGO dedicated to furthering the human rights cause.
He is also a Principal Partner and founder of Human Rights Law Services (HURILAWS) an NGO that specializes in advocacy and law.
Aside from human rights, his work in maritime law in Nigeria has been profound. He is the founder and first president of the Nigerian Shipping Chamber of Commerce (NCS).
Agbakoba was NBA President from 2006 to 2008 and a founding partner of Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, a leading maritime specialist law firm in Lagos.
He is also the founder of Nigeria’s foremost human rights organization, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO). He became known through his work in human rights and democracy movement in Nigeria.
Agbakoba was also the founder of United Action for Democracy and the Zambian pan-African human rights organization AfroNet. He was a defender for the Civil Rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa who was executed and was arrested several times because of his pro–democratic activities.
In 1990, he was honoured with Roger Baldwin Medal for Civil Liberties. Also in 1993, he was honoured with the Human Rights Award of the German Association of Judges and in 1996 he was given the Aachen Peace Award.
Other awards and honours include the receipt of the 15 Great Legal Practitioners of Distinction in Nigeria (1993), Vanguard’s 40 Outstanding Young Nigerians Award (1993), Fellow and award recipient, Institute of Administrative Management of Nigeria, co-director, British Council Conference on Managing Human Rights, Abuja, Nigeria, the International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association, in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the causes of Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Promotion of Access to Justice (1996), Dr. Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership awards in 2006 and FRA Williams Legal Practitioner of the year 2006 amongst others.