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Oct 20, 2018
Scholarship / Tax awareness and law clinic - CHEVENING ESSAY ON LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE [6]
Thanks Holt. Will definitely run with the idea
Please Check this out
Steve Jobs said "Innovation is what distinguishes a leader and a follower." This is my ideology about leadership.
Over the years, community justice has been paramount in the community where my University is located; the high cost of litigation and high rate of illiteracy was an impediment to accessing to justice in the community. This made me actively involved in my faculty's clinical activities and it led to my appointment as Manager of the faculty's law clinic in my fourth year. My duties include providing pro-bono legal services in the community so as to improve access to justice. My activities as a manager led to prison visitation which led to the release of 11 prisoners that have been in prison for a long time awaiting trial. The release was the highest ever recorded in the history of the law clinic and was facilitated because I suggested we collaborate with the Legal Aid Council and the Chief Judge of the State. This was a build on the Pre-trial activities which include regular Prison Visits to provide free legal services for inmates awaiting trial and those on trial, to secure the release of indigents who were victims of police harassment and have been unlawfully detained.
Further to this is the innovation I brought to the law clinic which was the idea of "project live love" which was to celebrate Valentine's Day with gifts and food supplies at the school of the physically disabled in a nearby community which is the first of its kind in the law clinic. Though the idea came late before Valentine's Day, I was able to raise a substantial amount within four days for the purchase of food, provision and relief items for the disabled.
Being the manager of the law clinic, I ensured we visited all the schools within and around the community to sensitize school children on Child Rights. I also coordinated several enlightenment programme on the Freedom of Information Act, 2011. The Freedom of Information Act is a legislation that guarantees the right to information within the control of public institutions to all Nigerians, regardless of age, class, or occupation. It gives the 'right to know' to every Nigerian. I spoke and enlightened people about the importance and how to effectively use the Freedom of Information Act 2011 to make the government accountable. I was able to guide four members of the community on how to request how local government funds meant for the payment of local government staff salaries was spent and they got an adequate response.
My innovation on the use of tax ...
Thanks Holt. Will definitely run with the idea
Please Check this out
Steve Jobs said "Innovation is what distinguishes a leader and a follower." This is my ideology about leadership.
Over the years, community justice has been paramount in the community where my University is located; the high cost of litigation and high rate of illiteracy was an impediment to accessing to justice in the community. This made me actively involved in my faculty's clinical activities and it led to my appointment as Manager of the faculty's law clinic in my fourth year. My duties include providing pro-bono legal services in the community so as to improve access to justice. My activities as a manager led to prison visitation which led to the release of 11 prisoners that have been in prison for a long time awaiting trial. The release was the highest ever recorded in the history of the law clinic and was facilitated because I suggested we collaborate with the Legal Aid Council and the Chief Judge of the State. This was a build on the Pre-trial activities which include regular Prison Visits to provide free legal services for inmates awaiting trial and those on trial, to secure the release of indigents who were victims of police harassment and have been unlawfully detained.
Further to this is the innovation I brought to the law clinic which was the idea of "project live love" which was to celebrate Valentine's Day with gifts and food supplies at the school of the physically disabled in a nearby community which is the first of its kind in the law clinic. Though the idea came late before Valentine's Day, I was able to raise a substantial amount within four days for the purchase of food, provision and relief items for the disabled.
Being the manager of the law clinic, I ensured we visited all the schools within and around the community to sensitize school children on Child Rights. I also coordinated several enlightenment programme on the Freedom of Information Act, 2011. The Freedom of Information Act is a legislation that guarantees the right to information within the control of public institutions to all Nigerians, regardless of age, class, or occupation. It gives the 'right to know' to every Nigerian. I spoke and enlightened people about the importance and how to effectively use the Freedom of Information Act 2011 to make the government accountable. I was able to guide four members of the community on how to request how local government funds meant for the payment of local government staff salaries was spent and they got an adequate response.
My innovation on the use of tax ...
