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born 1951 Nigeria
Chioma Kanu Agomo (1 March 1951) is a Nigerian professor of Law at the University of Lagos with specialisation in Law of contract, Industrial law, Insurance law and Gender and the Law.
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The legal profession is one that has strong ethics. Besides, it has always been part of the curriculum of the Nigerian Law School.
In my view, we cannot isolate legal education from the general educational system, and other factors, which impact teaching and learning.
Being a lecturer was my choice from the word go. I never wanted to practise at the Bar, and the Bench never crossed my mind.
The law school provides a common ground for law graduates from the various law faculties to undergo their professional training. It should not be scrapped for uniformity.
If you do not fear God, you are on a slippery slope, anything goes. But you must believe in something. If you don’t have integrity, if you don’t have character, before you vie for an office, you must know what you are looking for.
I will like to see a university that is not a respecter of persons, that gives honour to whom honour is due and do things the way it should be done at all times, that everybody will have a sense of belonging, no matter where he or she may come from.
Age is in the mind. I do not feel 70 at all. I consider this as the end of one phase and the beginning of another one. It is great to be 70; it is a landmark but it is not my bus stop.
Politics in the academic environment is not different from politics in the wider polity. When God is with you, no one can be against you. It can be frustrating and mind-boggling. But then you cannot really avoid it. When the chips are down, one must take a stand.
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