By: Dadson A Musa
At a symposium organized by the Law Society of Njala University on the 14th May 2022, the ACC boss, Francis Ben Kaifala kept law students of that noble institution spell-bound. The theme of the symposium was “The Rule of Law in the Fight against Corruption”. The event was held at the college auditorium, Towama campus and was chaired by lawyer Ebunoluwa Tengbeh.
Guests were welcomed by president of the law society at Njala University, Victoria Precious Lebby. Expressing how pleased she was to organize an event of this nature Ms. Lebbie thanks the ACC boss for “honoring the invitation and helping them finance the symposium”.
On his path, the supervisor for law society at Njala University, Lawyer Monyah Sheriff said that Law Society is still in its ” embryonic stage”, but was pleased that from ” nothing they are getting somewhere”. He encouraged the current leadership of Law Society to build on it.
The Dean of Students at Njala, Towama campus, Mr. Sheku Mannah called on students to “respect the rules”. And as law students they should “see themselves like the other students on campus,” and encouraged them to conduct more symposia.
After paying a glowing tribute to the ACC boss amidst resounding applause, Ben Kaifala took the podium in a jam packed auditorium. The bilingual ACC boss started off by ordering the audience to “remove the legacy that stood in the way of development which is corruption”. He went on that providing leadership is keen in this.
“The life of a man without law is selfish, brutish, nasty etc”. The eloquent ACC boss continued that law ensures people live in harmony with each other, and referred to corruption as “a wicked problem”. The erudite lawyer told the gathering that “the rule of law should not go without the role of law in our society”.
And rounded up by telling the gathering that no individual should put his or her interest above that of society and emphasized the supremacy of the law which puts every individual under the law no matter your class, status or who you are in society. He concluded that the hardship that people are going through right now is because of one thing and that is corruption, and that the greater danger to the rule of law is “corruption”.
The audience gave him a standing ovation after his speech. And the vote of thanks was delivered by a law student, Moses Kamara.
