Ekweremadu to deliver U.S. Constitution Day Lecture

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, will deliver the 2016 edition of the United States of America (USA) Constitution Day Lecture entitled the “Influence of the U.S Constitution on African Democracies”.

Deputy senate president Ike Ekweremmadu

A statement by the media aide to the deputy Senate President, Uche Anichukwu, yesterday said the event was announced by the U.S Law Library of Congress, the organisers of the annual event.

The statement said “by this, Ekweremadu, will be the first non-U.S citizen to deliver the lecture commemorating the ratification of the world’s oldest written constitution on September 17, 1787.”

The statement reads in part: “In commemoration of Constitution Day, the Law Library of Congress will host a discussion about the influence of the U.S. Constitution on African democracies. The event will feature Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria, and immediate past Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States.

“He will explore how elements of the U.S. Constitution have influenced the rise of democracy in Africa and how these rising democracies have expanded upon rights inspired by the U.S. Constitution.”