The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, will convey the 2016 version of the United States of America (USA) Constitution Day Lecture entitled the "Impact of the U.S Constitution on African Democracies".
This was declared by the U.S Law Library of Congress, the coordinators of the yearly occasion, at the weekend.
By this, Ekweremadu, who is both the Deputy President of Nigerian Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution for a record third term, will be the principal non-U.S subject to convey the august address honoring the approval of the world's most established composed constitution on September 17, 1787.
The announcement peruses to some degree: "In celebration of Constitution Day, the Law Library of Congress will have an examination about the impact of the U.S. Constitution on African vote based systems. The occasion will include His Excellency, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria, and prompt past Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States.
"He will investigate how components of the U.S. Constitution have affected the ascent of majority rule government in Africa and how these rising popular governments have developed rights roused by the U.S. Constitution.
"The exchange will occur at twelve on Wednesday, Sept. 7, in room LJ-119 of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The occasion is free and open to general society; tickets are not required.
"Sen. Ekweremadu is a positioning Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having been successively chosen into its Senate in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. He is likewise known for his direction in regulating the initial (three sets) and just amendment(s) to the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
"He has held a few elective and representative positions before going to the Senate.
"Sen. Ekweremadu has distributed and talked broadly on constitution-production in rising majority rule governments. He is the writer of the book 'Who Will Love My Country: Ideas for Building the Nigeria of Our Dreams' (2016) and lead writer of the book 'Established Review in an Emerging Democracy: The Nigerian Experience' (2014).
"He holds both single guy's and graduate degrees in law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He likewise holds a Ph.D. in law from the University of Abuja, notwithstanding authority authentications from Harvard University and Oxford University".
The coordinators likewise noticed that the "Constitution Day was set up by (U.S) Congress in 2004 to perceive the approval of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787".
The announcement included:
"The Library of Congress is the world's biggest library, offering access to the inventive record of the United States—and broad materials from around the globe—both on location and on the web. It is the primary exploration arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office.
"The Law Library of Congress was established in 1832 with the mission to make its assets accessible to individuals from Congress, the Supreme Court, different branches of the U.S. government and the worldwide lawful group, and to manage and save an all inclusive accumulation of law for future eras.
"With more than 2.9 million volumes, the Law Library contains the world's biggest gathering of law books and different assets from all nations".
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