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The Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has called for greater investment in education to reorient children and ensure a better future for Niger Deltans and Nigerians.
Ogbuku made the appeal during the plenary session of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yenagoa Branch, Legal Week 2026, held at the NCDMB Conference Hall, Nigerian Content Tower, Yenagoa.
The event, themed “Securing the Future”, attracted prominent figures including former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan, keynote speaker Professor Patrick Lumumba of Kenya, and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Petroleum), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.
The plenary, titled “Protection of National Assets: Nigeria’s Shared Responsibility”, brought together stakeholders from security agencies, regulatory bodies and development agencies.
Ogbuku said efforts to secure the future must acknowledge the mistakes of the past. “In securing the future, we must also think about the past, because we have gone the wrong way and we need to rediscover our purpose,” he said.
He exposed corruption in society, linking many corrupt trends to practices copied from online media. “We must invest in the right education for our children. Western culture has polluted our society and only the right education can save our country,” Ogbuku added.
Chairing the session, former President Goodluck Jonathan supported Ogbuku’s position, saying the education system needed reforms to prepare young Nigerians for the future. “We must prepare our children for the bright lights of the future.”
In his keynote address, “Sustainable Protection of National Assets in Africa: Opportunities, Risks and Regulatory Pathways,” Professor Lumumba called for African unity as the foundation for true independence and asset protection.
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“We have a duty to secure our future, but we must start by being united. It is only in unity that we can protect our assets,” he said.
He said Africans must “decolonize our minds because Africans have been programmed by colonial masters to fail.”
Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Nimibofa Ayawie, urged the NBA to enforce discipline and best practices among members.
He described Law Week’s theme as timely, noting that it “speaks to the collective responsibility of leaders, institutions and citizens to build a society founded on justice, equity, responsibility and sustainable development”.
NBA Yenagoa Branch Chairman Clement Kekemeke challenged legal practitioners to go beyond routine practice and actively contribute to social development.
