Alternative Dispute Resolution and its role in the justice sector will on Thursday take centre-stage as experts x-ray the legal framework for ADR practice in Nigeria.

The parley will review the impact of “Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023” and the “National Policy on Arbitration and ADR 2024” towards making Nigeria an ADR hub in Africa.

Organised by the Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution Development and Conflict Management of Nigeria LTD/GTE (i-ADRNigeria), the theme of the parley is: “The National Policy on Arbitration and ADR 2024 and the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023 in Review: Impact on ADR Framework in Nigeria.”

The ADR experts to distill the topic are retired Justice Nkemdilim Izuako; Prof Olajide Olagunju; Mr. John Dare Oloyede, and Ms Seiyefa Akeboa.

The discourse will be held online on Thursday, 27th March 2025 at 2 pm.

The parley is coming on the heels of a maiden hybrid Fellowship Training hosted by the Institute with a faculty led by the foremost Chartered Arbitrator, Mrs Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour (SAN).

Attended by eminent jurists and other professionals, the training guided participants through the entire ADR spectrum, including arbitration, mediation, negotiation, and various hybrid ADR processes.

Other faculty members included consummate ADR practitioner and former Dean of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof Akin Ibidapo-Obe as well as Prof Olagunju and Mr. Oloyede.