PROF. MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN’S ONE YEAR LEAVE ACTIVITY REPORT: - SEPTEMBER 2024 – SEPTEMBER 2025

 

A.          PAPERS PRESENTED

1)   Keynote Speech on the 2024 10th National Migration Commemorative Dialogue on the theme: - “Beyond Borders, Celebrating Migrants’ Legacy and Protecting their Rights”.  Organized by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs. Venue: Banquet Hall, Aso Presidential Villa, Abuja. Date: - Monday, 9th December 2024. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/mryas9mw

2)   Keynote Speech by Prof. Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan on the Topic: - Strategies for Accelerating the Realization of the 17 UN SDGs in Africa. Delivered at the 2025 Edition of the Annual International Sustainable Development Dialogue, Organized by the Osun State University Sustainable Development Institute, Osogbo, and the Osun State Government Office on Climate Change. Held on the 18^th June, 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/2j9z5wt7

3)   AfCFTA Trade Regime and Regional Integration. Virtual Capacity Building Workshop on Matters Related to the Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and its Annexes. Organized By the AfCFTA Secretariat, Accra, Ghana. Date: 2^nd – 4^th July 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/rvpydd38

4)   Acceleration of Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Law’s Unique Contribution to the Multilateral Trading Regime and International Economic Law. A Presentation made at the 11th African Union Commission on International law (AUCIL) Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Theme: International Law, WTO Reform and Implementation of the AfCFTA. Venue: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 22 – 23 May, 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/46y55jw2

5)   Understanding the Scope of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement and Nigeria’s Obligations under the AfCFTA LEGAL Framework. A Presentation made at a One-Day National Summit on the Domestication of the AfCFTA Agreement in Nigeria. Organised by the Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, Abuja
Venue: - Fraser Suites, Ballroom, Abuja. Date: - Tuesday, 11^th March, 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/2uehud4w

6)   Towards an Effective Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Aviation Disputes in Nigeria. Being a Presentation as a Guest Speaker at the 2-Day Workshop for Staff of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCCA) on Theme: - ADR in the Nigerian Aviation Context. Organized by the Osuya and Osuya Law Firm and NCCA, Abuja. Venue: - Novare Central Mall, Plot 502, Dalaba Street, Off Michael Opara Way, Wuse Zone 5 Abuja. Date: 2-3 September, 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/3ce4ucua

7)   Towards an Effective National Regulatory and Policy Framework on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Nigeria. Being Lead Presentation made at the Inaugural Saban Media Services Colloquium on the theme: - AI Policy in Nigeria: - Navigating Opportunities and Challenges for National Development. Venue: - Emerald Hall, A-Class Park, Maitama, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. Date: - Thursday, 4^th September, 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/46kckj96

8)   Nigeria’s Trajectory under World Trade Organization (WTO) Reform and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement Implementation. A Lead Paper Presentation made at the International Conference on the theme: - 30 Years of Nigeria in WTO: - Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects. Organized by the International Centre for Regional Integration and Trade Research, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, and WTO. Venue: - ASUU Secretariat Auditorium. Date:  Wednesday, 13^th August 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/y8s2436f

9)   Accelerating Water Security in the Mena Region through THE Effective Implementation of the Law on Transboundary Aquifers (Groundwater). A Paper Presented at the 6^th Scientific Conference of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in Middle East and North Africa (Assellmu). Theme: - Water Security and Environmental Law in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) Region. Venue: - Faculty of Law, East Arab Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Date: - 24 -25 February, 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/3npmr4jj

10) The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols: - Issues in Nigeria’s Domestic Implementation Obligations and Scorecard. A Presentation made at the 2025 Dialogue on Nigeria’s International Humanitarian Law Implementation Journey. Organized by the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja. Venue: - Fraser Suites Hotel, Abuja. Date:  Thursday 15^th May 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/2rh3jztf

 

B.          POLICY BRIEFS

1)   Highlights of Key General and Specific Sectoral Requirements for Establishing and Managing an SPV as a Private Limited Liability or Public Company in Nigeria: - Selected Experiences of the SPV-PPP Practice in the Energy, Petroleum, Construction, Finance and Capital Market Sectors. (Policy Brief Issues No 1, March 2025). Download at: - https://tinyurl.com/4bfk9mb4

2)   Framework for the Deployment of 90,000km Fibre Optic Cables in a Non-Duplicating Infrastructure or Telecom Co-Sharing Infrastructure or Open Access Model and in Unprofitable and Undeserved Areas. (Policy Brief Issues No 2, March 2025). Download at: - https://tinyurl.com/5brw25uj

3)   Highlights of Key General and Specific Sectoral Requirements for Establishing and Managing an SPV-PPP in Nigeria’s Telecom Sector: - Selected Experiences of the Practice of SPV-PPP. (Policy Brief Issues No 3, March 2025). Download at: - https://tinyurl.com/mr2bmd7w

 

C.          RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS

1)       The Prospect of Climate Litigation Before the ECOWAS Court of Justice as a Tool for Enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment to Achieve Climate Justice in West Africa (Research Working Paper Series NO. 1, January 2025). Download at: https://tinyurl.com/2tfm4t7r

2)       From the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COPs 26 to 29th): - Review of Outcomes, Achievements, Challenges and the Road to COP30 in 2025, Brazil (Research Working Paper Series NO. 2, January 2025). Download at: https://tinyurl.com/4u4ux8je

3)       Bridging the Budget Financing Gaps by Unlocking Innovative Options for Infrastructure Financing (Research Working Paper Series NO. 3, January 2025). Download at: https://tinyurl.com/mrxerktm

 

4)       The SDGs Framework as the Blueprint for Integrating and Operationalizing the Water, Energy and Food (WEF) Nexus: - Case Study of Governance and Law Innovative Interventions by Nigeria in the Lake Chad Basin of West Central Africa. Download at: - https://tinyurl.com/yc2zkzbd

 

D.          PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOKS

1)       Accelerating Water Security in the Mena Region through the Effective Implementation of the Law on Transboundary Aquifers (Groundwater). The Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy. Online ISSN: 2467-8392. Volume 16, Issue 3, 2025. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/yc3t9z2f

2)       A Human Rights Approach to Environmental Protection (HRAEP) as a Tool for Fostering Climate Resilience for the Nigerian Women. Published in the book: Climate Litigation and Vulnerabilities: - Global South Perspectives. Edited by Maria, at et al. (2025) Published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis, London & New York, Chapter 8, at pp. 239 – 271. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/3nbkcc3x

3)       Realizing Sustainable Access to Water and Sanitation in Africa: Role of Critical Institutions. Published in the book: - SDGs in Africa and the Middle East Region. (Ed. By Leal, W.F, et al), Published by Spring Nature, Switzerland, at pp. 1309 – 1332. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/yspmxhx2

4)       Understanding the Scope of the Legal and Implementation Framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area: - Case Study of Nigeria. Published by Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Abuja/Lagos. ISBN: 978-978-769-946-1. Download at: https://tinyurl.com/rxrz99za

5)       Introduction to ECOWAS Community Law and Practice. Published and Printed by The Ahmadu Bello University Press Limited, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ISBN No.: - 978-125-222-7. Revised Edition (September, 2024). Download at: https://tinyurl.com/4cm775kw