The Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Barr. John O. Asein has announced that the Copyright Bill has scaled second reading.
Barr. Asein who made the disclosure on Tuesday during a curtesy visit to the Commission by officials of the NBA Abuja Branch (Unity Bar) also called for a greater collaboration between the Commission and the Young Lawyers Forum on IP Law.
Chairman of the Unity Bar, Afam O. Okeke, Esq. said the visit was to identify with the Commission and seek greater partnership.
Officials of the Unity Bar, including the immediate past Chairman of the branch, Moses A. Ebute, SAN were received by the DG, and officials of the Commission.
Okeke congratulated the DG on his appointment and notified him that the curtesy visit was in solidarity with him as a member of the Bar. He further told the DG that the NBA Abuja Branch was available to support the Commission in any way possible.
The Unity Bar Chair, however, expressed concern that lawyers of the Commission do not attend the branch monthly meetings. He then appealed that lawyers in the Commission be encouraged to actively participate in NBA activities for their personal benefit such as qualifications for NBA NHIS, Letters of good Standing and more.
The DG heartily received the delegation and informed them that the President’s eventual assent to the Copyright Bill would bring greater value to the Commission’s operations.
