WORIKA, Dr. Ibibia Lucky

– Associate Solicitor (Part-time), Serena David Dokubo& Co (Legal Practitioners), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 1990-1993;

– Deputy Managing Solicitor (Part-time), Anpez Centre for Environment & Development (NGO), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 1993-1995;

– Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholar, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law &Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, 1995-1999;

– Post-doctoral Legal Research Scholar, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, 1999-2000;

– Senior Lecturer-in-Law, Rivers State University of Science & Technology (RSUST) Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 2001-2004;
– Senior Associate & Managing Solicitor (Part-Time) Arbitrators), Messrs.AELEX (Anga & Emuwa) (Legal Practitioners), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 2002-2004;

– Senior Legal Counsel, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), OPEC Secretariat, Vienna, Austria, 2004-2008;

– General Legal Counsel, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), OPEC Secretariat, Vienna, Austria, 2008-2011;

– Senior Legal Adviser, Natural Resources, Commonwealth Secretariat, Economic and Legal Section, London, UK, 2011-2014;

– Professor of Law and Head, Department of Private and Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 2014-2015.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

– International Bar Association(IBA)
– Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
– British International Studies Association(BISA)
– Climate and Energy Specialist Group of the Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
– Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT)
– Advisory Board of the Vienna Economic University’s Executive Academy for the Masters Business Administration (MBA) Energy Management Programme.

AWARDS/HONOURS:

 Federal Government of Nigeria “A” Levels Scholarship 1981-1983.
 Best Graduating Student in History, F.G.C., Port-Harcourt 1983.
 Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship Award 1995-1998.
 Award of Honour, Ogu Council of Chiefs, Ogu-Bolo Local Government Area, Rivers State of Nigeria, 2009.
 OPEC Secretariat Award for Distinguished Service, 2011.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS:

BOOK(S)

1. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Environmental Law and Policy of Petroleum Development: Strategies and Mechanisms for Sustainable Management in Africa”, Port Harcourt: Anpez Centre for Environment and Development, 2002, pp. 1-386.

EDITORSHIP OF BOOKS

2. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Michèle Olivier and Nkiruka Maduekwe eds The Environment, Critical Policies and Legal Frameworks: An African Perspective. Ebook published by Lexis Nexis and sponsored by the International Bar Association (IBA) (April, 2019).

3. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Sylvester S. Popnen eds., The Challenge of Justice: Contemporary Legal Essays in Honour of B.M. Wifa, OFR, SAN, DSSRS, KJW Lagos: Princeton & Associates Publishing Co. Ltd., 2017.

ARTICLES

4. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Uzuazo Etemire and Paul Samuel Tamuno, “Oil Politics and the Application of Environmental Laws to Pollution in the Niger Delta: Current Challenges and Prospects” Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence Vol. 17 Issue 1 (2019) at https://www.ogel.org/journal-browse-issues-toc.asp?key=79

5. Ijeoma A. Mgbeahurike and Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Global Justice in a ‘Global State’: Bridging the Gaps” (2017) Uniport Journal of Public Law 2(2) 411.

6. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Paul Samuel Tamuno, “Communal Land Tenure in Cross Rivers State and the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsive Governance of Land Tenure, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security” Journal of Private Law (JPL) 1(4) 2017, pp. 218-239.

7. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Uzuazoe Etemire, “Enhancing Good Governance for Africa’s Development A Socio-Legal Perspective on Women Empowerment” in International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies (IJGSDS) 2016, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 327-348 available at http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php jcode=ijgsds&year=2016&vol=1&issue=4

8. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Environmental Impact Assessment of Oil and Gas Projects” Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL), 2003. See http://www.ogel.org/article.asp?key=770

9. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Regulating Government Agencies over Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in Nigeria” The Nigerian Journal of Maritime Law, Vol. 1, No. 1, May,2004 The Nigerian Journal of Maritime Law.

10. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “African Petroleum Resources: Is Sustainable Development Possible”, Port Harcourt Law Journal, Vol. 2, 2003, pp. 1-21.

11. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “From Coal to Renewable Energy: The Regulatory Architecture for Sustainable Energy in Nigeria” Vol. 1, 2003 Rivers State University, Journal of Public Law. See Centre for African Legal Studies (CLS), Nigerian Legal Bibliography (Peer Reviewed Articles) at http://www.library.up.ac.za/law/docs/NigerianLegalBibliography.pdf

12. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Energy Development and Utilization in Africa” International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Environmental Law Programme Newsletter (2004), pp. 8-11. See also Cambridge Books online:http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511511387&cid=CBO9780511511387A036

13. Sergei Vinogradov and Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Global Stakeholders: The Impact of International Law on the Resources Industry”, The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, International Resources Law and Projects: Straddling the Millennium, published in the CEPMLP Internet Journal: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html.

14. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Deprivation, Despoliation and Destitution: whither environment and human rights in Nigeria’s Niger Delta?”8 International Law Students Association (ILSA) Journal of International and Comparative Law (J. Int'l & Comp.L.) 1 (2001-2002) at pp. 1-30.; http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/ilsaic8&div=7&id=&page=; See also: Nigeria Law Journal (2000-2001).

15. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Towards a Sustainable Offshore Abandonment Rehabilitation Policy in Africa”, (November/December 2000), Issue 11/12, International Energy Law and Taxation Review (I.E.L.T.R), pp. 266-275.

16. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Towards a Sustainable Offshore Abandonment Rehabilitation Policy in Africa” Part 1, Issue 10 (October, 2000), International Energy Law and Taxation Review (I.E.L.T.R), pp. 235-240.

17. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Michael Brown and Sergei Vinogradov, “The Use of Contract Forms in Implementing the Kyoto Protocol: Promising Precedent or Pious Hope?” CEPMLP Website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html

18. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Technology Transfer under Petroleum Legislation and Contracts in Africa: Issues, Trends and Future Directions”, Port Harcourt Law Journal (P.H.L.J.)Vol. 1(1999) at pp. 167-199.

19. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Thomas Walde, Michael Brown and Sergei Vinogradov, “Contractual Architecture for Implementing the Kyoto Protocol: From Hard and Soft Laws to Concrete Commitments”, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), Volume 8, Issue 2, (1999): 180-190. See:http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/transnational/vol9_3/worika.pdf

20. Richard A. Wokocha, F. O. Akakaar, Ibibia Lucky Worika and E.S. Nwauche, “The Legal and Regulatory Challenges of Resource Control”, Paper delivered at the Annual Law Teachers Conference, Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos, 23rd- 26th April, 2002.

21. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Enyinna Nwauche, “Offshore Oil and Gas Resources Ownership and Fiscal Federalism in Nigeria: A Legal Opinion” (2002), submitted to the University of Maiduguri Faculty of Law, Maiduguri, Nigeria and accepted for publication in the University of Maiduguri Law Journal.

22. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Environmental Taxation of Mining and Petroleum Investments” 15(10) Oil and Gas Law and Taxation Review (OGLTR) (1997): 367-374.

23. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Contending Perspectives on the Concept of Human Rights” Journal of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) (1994): 25-38.

24. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Book Review of Rose Anne Devlin and R. Quentin Grafton, Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs: Property Rights for the Common Good. Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., 1998, pp. 1-140 in CEPMLP Annual Review:The Dundee Yearbook of International Natural Resources & Energy Law & Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1998, pp. 116-118. See also http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/car/html/car2.php

25. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Book Review of Joyeeta Gupta, The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries: From Conflict to Consensus? London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997, pp. 1-249 in OGLTR, Issue 6, June 1998, pp. 260-261.

26. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Book Review of Zhiguo Gao ed., Environmental Regulation of Oil and Gas. London: Kluwer International Publications, 1998, pp. 1-613 in the CEPMLP Annual Review Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 151-157.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

27. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Rural Applications of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy”, eds. Richard Ottinger, et al, UNEP Guide for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Nairobi: UNEP, 2016), a revised and updated version of a book chapter titled, “Rural Applications of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy” in United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) et al, Handbook for Drafting Laws on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2007) at https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/9932/UN-Environment-Guide.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

28. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “ECOWAS Energy and Natural Resources: Law and Policy” in 40 Years of ECOWAS. Abuja: National Institute for Legislative Studies, 2015, chap. 14.

29. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “International Legal Issues of Significance to OPEC and its Member Countries”, in A. Reinisch, ed., OPEC and International Law, The Netherlands: Eleven International Publishing, 2010, pp. 1-22.

30. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Production Management, OPEC and the WTO”, in J. Pauwelyn, ed., Global Challenges at the Intersection of Trade, Energy and Environment. See http://graduateinstitute.ch/webdav/site/iheid/shared/summer/WTO2010/JP1.pdf

31. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Rural Applications of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy”, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNEP Handbook for Drafting Laws on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources. Nairobi: UNEP, 2007, pp. 216-239. http://www.unep.org/environmentalgovernance/Portals/8/documents/UNEP_Energy_Handbook.pdf

32. Ibibia Lucky Worika, Michael Brown, Sergei Vinogradov and Thomas Walde, “Contractual Aspects of Implementing the Clean Development Mechanism and Other Flexible Mechanisms Under the Kyoto Protocol” in W. Bradnee Chambers, Global Climate Governance: Inter-linkages between the Kyoto Protocol and Other Multilateral Regimes. Tokyo, Japan: The United Nations University (UNU), Global Environment Facility (GEF), and UNU Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (UNU/IAS), 1998, pp. 77-114.

33. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Environmental Concepts and Terms in Petroleum Legislation and Contracts: A Preliminary Study” in Zhiguo Gao ed., Environmental Regulation of Oil and Gas, London: Kluwer Law International, 1998, pp. 393-415. See: www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/250292149.pdf

34. ZhiguoGao and Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Environmental Checklist for Petroleum Exploration and Production Activities” in Z. Gao ed., Environmental Regulation of Oil and Gas. London: Kluwer Law International, 1998, pp. 531-545. See: http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/250292149.pdf

35. ZhiguoGao and Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Petroleum Environmental Glossary”, in Z. Gao ed., Environmental Regulation of Oil and Gas. London: Kluwer Law International, 1998, pp. 547-568. See also http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/250292149.pdf

36. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Richard AducheWokocha, “Separation of Powers under the 1999 Constitution: Theory, Practice and Future Directions” in K. Nwosu, ed., Law and Practice of the Legislature in Nigeria, Nigeria: Mayee Publishers, 2002 at pp. 7-37.

37. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Writing Research Papers, Dissertations and Thesis: From Choice of Topic to Final Work” in K. Nwosu, ed., Legal Practice Skills & Ethics in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Chief BabatundeAbiodunIbironke, SAN. Nigeria: DCon Consulting, 2004 at Chap. 17. See http://apnm.8m.net/catalog.html

38. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Secession: Implications for Constitutionalism and Legality” in A. E. Ogbuigwe and A. Uchegbu eds., Essays in Honour of Nabo Graham Douglas. Port Harcourt: RSUST, 1992, pp. 203-212.

SELECTED POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PAPERS

1. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Environmental Health Challenges in Africa: Legal Framework and Responses”, power point presentation delivered at the Section on Environment, Health and Safety of the International Bar Association at its Annual Conference held in Sydney, Australia, Octpber 8-13, 2017.

2. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Stakeholders Democracy Network (SDN), “Environment and Ecology” being a PPP prepared in support of the Environment and Ecology Manual submitted to Forster for its Oil Sector Transformation Workshop holden at Abuja.

3. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “The Corruption Conundrum: A Framework for its Effective Containment in Nigeria” being a PPP delivered at a Book Launch by Arnold ……..

4. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Constitutional Powers of the Legislature” being a PPP and paper presented at the Rivers State House of Assembly 2016 Retreat for Honourable Members and Principal Staff at Le Meridien Hotel, Uyo, Cross Rivers State, Thursday 13th – Saturday 15, October, 2016.

5. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “ECOWAS at 50: The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice and Legal System of ECOWAS” being a PPP and paper presented at a workshop in Abuja organized under the auspices of the ECOWAS Secretariat at Valentia Hotel, April 25-26, 2016.

6. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Adherence to Party Discipline, Ethical Conduct and Moral Rectitude: Effective Tools for Political Reorientation” being a PPP and paper presented at the People’s Democratic Party Workshop held at the PDP Secretariat, Port Harcourt, December 15, 2015.

7. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Legal Implications of Shells Divestment from the Niger Delta: Implications for Ogoni Land – A Position Paper” and PPP delivered at a workshop to facilitate training of NOSDRA Staff and Communities on enhancing the Joint Investigation (JIV) process 1st December, 2015 at Aldgate Hotel, Abacha Rood Port Harcourt.

8. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Rejuvenating the Niger Delta for Peace, Security and Social Economic Development: What reasons for the North East of Nigeria”. A PPP and paper and presentation requested and submitted to an NBA – session on the Niger Delta and North East Security at the August 2015 NBA Conference at Abuja.

9. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Community Land Tenure and the Voluntary Guideline in the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in Cross Rivers State” PPP and Paper delivered at a Capacity building workshop against large scale plantations within strengthening communal rights and land tenure guidelines. Hotel at Akamkpa, Cross River State, 8 – 9 May, 2015.

10. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Copyright and Choral Music Production and Performance in Nigeria” delivered this paper at the 2nd Sir Clement Nimenibo Memorial Lecture at the AmatuBraide Lecture Theatre on Saturday, March 12th, 2016.

11. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Good Governance and sustainable Social Engineering” being a PPP and paper delivered at a Workshop organized by the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), Rivers Chapter at East Lake Hotel, GRA Phase III, Port Harcourt – May, 2015.

12. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): Strategies for engaging Multinational Companies in Bonny Island” A Power Point Presentation at a Seminar organized by the Amayanaba of Grand Bonny and His Council of Chief under the auspices of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company, Bonny Island September 2015.

13. Ibibia Lucky Worika,“Ecological Concerns for Sustainable Development in Bonny Island” – Power Point Presentations at a Seminar organized by the Amayanabo of Grand Bonny and His Council of Chiefs under the auspices of the NLNG Bonny, September, 2015.

14. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Ekpen Omonbude, “Review of Namibia’s Energy Regulatory Framework: Advisory Reports on the Restructuring of the Namibian Electricity Control Board (ECB)” A PPP and document submitted under the Commonwealth Technical Assistance Programme for Namibia (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, November, 2011), pp. 1-39.

15. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Ekpen Omonbude, “Review of Namibia’s Energy Regulatory Framework: Advisory Report on Natural Gas Legislation” A PPP and document under the Commonwealth Technical Assistance Programme for Namibia. (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, March 2012), pp. 1-44.

16. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Ekpen Omonbude, “Technical Assistance to the Government of Malawi on Petroleum Matters: Overview of Petroleum Agreements” (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, February, 2012), pp. 1-22.

17. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Ekpen Omonbude, “Review of Malawi’s Legal and Institutional Regime” (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, October, 2012), p. 1-37.

18. Ibibia Lucky Worika and Ekpen Omonbude, “Malawi’s Oil and Gas Policy Discussion Working Paper” (London, Commonwealth Secretariat, February, 2013), pp. 1-50.

19. Daniel Dumas, Ibibia Lucky Worika and Ekpen Omonbude, “Guyana Petroleum Sector Reform: Advisory Report on Petroleum Legislation and Institutions” Prepared for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, April 2012), 1-72.

20. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “The Role of OPEC in International Energy Law”, a review and submitted in October 2005 through Prof. Walde to Prof. Barnadi, Editor of the Encyclopaedia of International Energy Law.

21. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Environmental and Related Laws in Nigeria: An Overview”. Presented at a one-day workshop for the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni Peoples (MOSOP) on 3rd April, 2003 at Agura Hotels Port Harcourt.

22. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Financing Oil and Gas Investments in Nigeria”. Paper presented at a two-day workshop for Banking and Oil Industry Executives at the Presidential Hotel, Mar 2003, Port Harcourt.

23. Ibibia Lucky Worika, A Book Review of Chief E.B.A.P. Awoala, Okrika Land Matters with Thesis on the Land Use Act. Port Harcourt: Fortune Printers Ltd., 2002, pp. 1-259.

24. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Joint Development of Offshore Oil and Gas Resources in the Bakassi Peninsular: A Fanciful or Feasible Idea?” submitted and accepted for publication in the Journal of Jurisprudence & Contemporary Issues, August 2001.

HOBBIES:

Playwriting and Drama, Travel, International Affairs, Music, and Sports.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONSULTANCIES:

– Review of the Statutes, Regulations and Rules of the African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) for Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), August, 2018.

– Review of the Laws of Rivers State as Member of the Rivers State Law Review Commission inaugurated by Governor of Rivers State under the Chairmanship of Retired Justice T.K. Osu, October, 2017.

– Consultant for Fichtner Consulting, a German Consultancy Company in a project to reform the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPA) and its various organs (on-going), December, 2015.

– Consultant to the United Nations Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (UNU-IALS) to contribute to Chapter 13 titled, “FDI and Sustainable Development in the Petroleum Sector in Nigeria” with a view to examining laws, policies and practices in the petroleum sector in Nigeria; discuss whether such laws, policies and practices promote SD in the sector; identify best practices if any; identify challenges that affect the realization of SD in the sector; (suggest appropriate policy interventions to make FDI in the sector align with the goal of SD due October, 2006), October, 2006.

– Legal Consultant for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), formulation of a Rivers State Environmental Policy, Oct 2002 – Jan 2003.

– Legal Consultant for MacAuthur Foundations (an International Non-Governmental Organisation) in Environmental Law and Policy of a Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation for the Niger Delta of Nigeria under the auspices of ND-HERO, a Niger Delta based NGO, 2002-2003.

– Legal Consultant for the Rivers State Government in Attorney General of the Federation v. Attorney General of Abia State et al. , Supreme Court of Nigeria, Nigerian Weekly Law Reports (NWLR) Part 725 p. 689. (A case between the Federation and some of its constituent units over the derivation principle and offshore boundaries for the purpose of calculating accruable revenues reported in the Legal Consultant for the Centre for Advanced Social Science (CASS), in respect of the Investigation of Human Rights Violations in the South Zone 1966-1999 with particular reference to Rivers State.), August – September 2000.

– Legal Consultant for the European Community under the Supervision of Professors Peter Cameron and Thomas Walde in the alignment of legislation of applicant countries with the EU Legal Acquisition for Off-site Emergency Preparedness (Nuclear Energy Law Project No.PH6.02.97), January 1999 -January 2000.

– Legal Consultant for the International Bar Association (IBA) Academic Advisory Group under the auspices of Prof. Peter Cameron on the “Kyoto Protocol: Implications for the Energy Industry”, January – May 1999.

– Legal Consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) under the auspices of Dr. (Mrs.) Patricia Wouters in the preparation of a Background paper on “Development of a Strategy for Compliance with the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and Guidelines on Public Participation in River B as in Management in the Context of the Convention for the UN Economic Commission for Europe”, March 1999.

– Legal Consultant for the United Nations University in conjunction with Prof. Thomas Walde in respect of a paper, “Contractual Aspects of the Clean Development Mechanism and Other Flexible Mechanisms Under the Kyoto Protocol”, September 1998.

PUBLISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DISCOURSE:

1. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “What would it take for Nigeria to build a World-class International Airport?” at http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/115430/1/what-would-it-take-for-nigeria-to-build-a-world-cl.html

2. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Good Governance Conundrum: Beyond Freedom and Anti-corruption Fighters in Nigeria (Africa)”delivered at the 15 th Wole Soyinka Annual Lecture in London July 14, 2012. http://www.nas-int.org/nas-seminars-and-lectures/622-beyond-a-new-generation-of-freedomanti-corruption-fighters-in-nigeria-africa.html?showall=1&limitstart=

3. Ibibia Lucky Worika. “Boko Haram: Jonathan’s Challenges and Options” at
http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/115224/1/boko-haram-jonathans-challenges-and-options.html

4. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Boko Haram: Court Martial Run-away Soldiers” at
http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/139639/1/boko-haram-court-martial-runaway-soldiers.html

5. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “When is the best time to remove petroleum subsidy in
Nigeria?”http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2012/jan/121.html

6. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “The Paradox of South Africa’s Afro-phobia”http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/may/273.html

7. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Are rich nations blocking Africa’s growth (I)?”http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/jun/041.html

8. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Are rich nations blocking Africa’s growth? (II)”http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/jun/112.html

9. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Are rich nations blocking Africa’s growth (III)?”http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/dec/122.html

10. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Emerging Scenario in the Administration of Justice in Nigeria”http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2003/aug/164.html

11. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “Deregulating Poverty Alleviation: Obasanjo’s Quagmire”http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2000-2001/poverty_alleviation.html
12. Ibibia Lucky Worika, “The Poverty of Education in Nigeria” (cited in Tonye David-West Jnr. http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/david-west/051101.html

OTHER POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY (PRESENT AND PAST):

1. Chairman, University of Port Harcourt Legal Advisory Committee

2. Dean of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Port Harcourt (Jan 2016 till date) following the appointment of the previous Dean of Law, Prof. K.S.A. Ebeku as Commissioner of Education (now Water Resources) by the Governor of Rivers State.

3. Head of Department, Department of Private and Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Port Harcourt (2014-2015)

4. Ag, Head, Economic and Legal Section, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK (2011-13)

5. Ag. Head, Office of the Secretary General OPEC, Vienna, Austria (2004-2009).Co-ordinator, OPEC’s Legal Defence Team (LDT) (2004-2011).

6. Associate Editor, Oil Gas and Energy Intelligence: Global Energy Law and Regulation Portal http://www.ogel.org/editorial-team.asp

7. Editorial Board Member, Journal of World Energy Law and Business http://jwelb.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/1/local/ed-board.pdf

8. Member, Advisory Board, Executive Academy, Vienna University of Economics and Business,https://www.executiveacademy.at/Documents/Schedule-MBA-Energy-Management.pdf

9. Ag. Head, Department of Private & Property Law, Faculty of Law, RSUST (2002-2004).

10. Senate Member, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, P.H. (2002-2004).

11. Co-ordinator of the Postgraduate Programme, Faculty of Law, RSUST (2001-2002).

12. Postgraduate Students’ Representative, Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, U.K. (1994-1995).

13. Co-ordinator, Part-Time Law Evening Programme, Faculty of Law, RSUST, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1992-1994).

14. Secretary, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), RSUST Chapter, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1993-1994).

15. Secretary, Rivers State Students Union, University of Lagos Branch, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria (1984-1985).

16. President, Drama Society of Federal Government College, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1982-1983).

17. President, Debating Society, Government Sea School, Isaka, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1980-1981).

SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA APPEARANCE:

– Appeared in numerous courts of both inferior and superior records, including the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Attorney General of the Federation vs. Attorney General, Abia State et al [2001] 11 Nigeria Weekly Law Reports (N.W.L.R.) 689. Member of legal team representing the Rivers State Government (32nd Defendant) see page 725.

OFFICIAL ADDRESS:

Faculty of Law
Emerald Energy Institute Building
University of Port Harcourt
P.M.B. 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt
Rivers State

EMAIL ADDRESS:

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