9TH NITI CONGRESS AND WORKSHOP

THEME:    TRANSLATION/INTERPRETATION,  INFORMATION AND     COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

DAY ONE: MONDAY 28 MARCH, 2011
10.00 -11.00 a. m.   SESSION 1:         OPENING CEREMONY:

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-Welcome  Address by NITI National President,  Prof. Tundonu Amosu, Professor of Translation, LASU :                                                                   
-Keynote Address: Mr  Emmanuel Nkansah , President Abuja NITI Branch and Translator at the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS.
- Opening Address: Special Guest of Honour (H. E. Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, President ECOWAS Commission)
-Goodwill Message : Prof. Sam Aje, Director General, Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry and President NITI Lagos Branch.
-Goodwill Messages from friends of NITI:   ECOWAS Commission, ECOWAS Parliament, Community Court of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WHO, UNICEF, UN Habitat, ILO,UNESCO, COPAL, EU, French Cultural Centre, GTZ, European Union, etc.
-Vote of Thanks: Mrs Ebele Ukegbu, NITI Administrative Secretaryand Freelance Translator

11.00  - 11.30                                      HEALTH BREAK 

11.30 – 1.00 p.m. SESSION  2:  SUB-THEME 1:  COMPUTER LITERACY AND TRANSLATION/
                                                                     INTERPRETATION

Chairperson : Dr Hafizu Miko Yakassai, NITI 1st National Vice-President and Head, Dept of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Kano.
Keynote Speaker :  Mr Wale Ajala, ECOWAS  Community Computer Centre
Speaker: Dr. Nkiruka Okezie, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Panel of Discussants:  Dr Iheanacho Akakuru (UNIPORT), Dr Tayo Ajayi ( HOD Foreign Languages, LASU), Mr Issa Illiasso (ECOWAS Court of Justice) , Mr Nosiru Onibon (LASU)

1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.                         LUNCH BREAK 
2.00 – 3.30 p. m.  SESSION 3:  SUB-THEME 2: THE INTERNET AND THE                     
                                             TRANSLATOR/INTERPRETER

Chairperson:  Prof. Amechi Ihenacho, former NATI Newsletter Editor and foundation Head of Dept, Languages and Linguistics, Imo State University.
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Joachim Okeke, NITI Registrar and Translator, Embassy of Spain
Panel of Discussants: Mrs Oyinda Daramola (Freelance Translator, former ECOWAS Revisor), Mr Roger Coulibaly (ECOWAS), Ms Abiola Atomori(ECOWAS), Mr Johnson Ibe (Freelance Translator), Mrs Marjolaine Escande Wadike (Freelance Conference Interpreter and former ICI Secretary)

3.30 – 4.30 p. m.  SESSION 4:  PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN THE SUB-REGION: AN UPDATE

Chairperson: Ms Jibola Sofolahan, Freelance Conference Interpreter and ICI Secretary.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hafizu Miko Yakassai, Head, Dept of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Kano.
Speaker: Ms Kemi Robinson, Language Coordinator, ECOWAS Commission                                                                                     
Speaker:  Dr. Yakubu Magaji Azare, Department of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University Kano.
Panel of Discussants: Prof. Ekundayo Simpson (Chief Executive Interlingua Limited and First City Translators, and NITI Immediate Past President), Prof. Tundonu Amosu, Amb. Wisdom Baiye (Freelance Conf. Interpreter), Mr Akin Medeiros, Freelance Conf. Interpreter, Chairman ICI and former Director Conference and Protocol, ECOWAS), Mrs Ruka Ajana ( ECOWAS Parliament)

DAY TWO: TUESDAY 29 MARCH 2011
09.00 – 10.00 a.m. SESSION 5:  SUB-THEME 3 : THE NIGERIAN TRANSLATIOR/INTERPRETER
                                                                       IN THE ICT AGE

Chairperson:  Mr Gabriel Hounsou, Director of Conference and Protocol, ECOWAS Commission.
Keynote Speaker:  Mr. Issa Illiasso, Treasurer, Abuja NITI and Translator, Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS.
Speaker:  Prof. S. E. Osazuwa, Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma.
Speaker: Dr. Aliyu Mu’azu, Dept of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Kano.
Panel of Discussants: Dr Felix Eke (ECOWAS Court of Justice), Mrs Nwanne Felix Emeribe (UNIPORT), Prof. Jide Timothy-Asobele (HOD European Languages, UNILAG, Mr Douassou Oumarou.                

10.00 – 11.00 a. m.  SESSION 6: SUB-THEME 4: TRANSLATOR/INTERPRETATION TRAINING   
                                                                      AND ICT

Chairperson: Dr (Mrs) Nkiru Okezie, Foreign Languages Dept, UNN, Nsukka and NITI 2nd Vice-President.                       
Keynote Speaker:  Prof.Tundonu Amosu, NITI President and Professor of French.
Speaker: Dr. Ibrahim G. Satatima, Dept of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Kano.
Panel of Discussants:Mr Wole Ajiboso ( Freelance Translator and NITI National Treasurer), Mr Samuel Onuh (Freelance Russian Translator/ PHCN), Mr Lanre Maliki (Freelance Translator and PH.D Translation Student, ABU)                                   

11.00 = 11.15 a. m.                             HEALTH BREAK

11.15-12.00 a. m.  SESSION 7               STATUTORY CONGRESS                               
                                                          ( Fully paid up Members only)

                                                       -Finance and Administration

                                                       -Admission of New Members

                                                       -Conferment of Fellowships

                                                       -Elections

                                                       -Nominations for 2011 NITI Awards

12.00 – 12.30 pm SESSION 8             CLOSING SESSION
                                                      (Open Session: All participants and Guests)

                                                     - Resolutions and Final Communiqué

                                                     - Date and Venue of the next Congress

                                                     - Vote of Thanks – Mr Johnson Ibe

* NB : Some of the above   assignments are subject to confirmation and necessary replacement in view of the high mobility of our type of professionals.