Bioethics confab holds in Enugu, as Africa’s institute debuts
Archbishop Callistus Onaga of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu will, on Monday June 25, 2012, open the first-ever conference on bioethics in Africa, at the Odumegwu Ojukwu Auditorium of the international Bio-Research Institute, Ugwogo-Nike, Enugu State.
A statement by the promoter, Prof. Edmund Agbo described the world event as a wake-up call on Africans at home and in the Diaspora to utilise their rich and amiable ethical values to enhance the survival of humanity, as against the prevailing culture of death, and “the increasing negative effects of our desperate bid to emulate Western lifestyle”.
According to Agbo, the confab will attract renowned academics and professionals from various disciplines, noting that the meeting of minds will examine, among other issues on how bioethics affects the socio-religious life and culture of Africans.
With the theme: “Bioethics in Africa: Challenges and Prospects.” Agbo who doubles as Director, Institute of Bioethics, Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State added that the event will produce the pioneer African Journal in Bioethics.
“The aim of our get-together, the first of its type in the history of African religion, is to galvanize thoughts, ideas, and insights, especially ones of Catholic inspiration. We believe so definitely that Africans can solve their problems on bioethical issues”, he said.
Agbo, who is one of the resource persons expected at the confab will examine the “Origins of Evolution and Status quo of Bioethics” while another speaker, Solomon Onyekweli will deliberate on “Artificial Insemination and reproduction in Nigeria- Bioethical evaluation”.
The three day conference which will end on June 27 will also feature other eminent scholars like; Prof. Antonio Bienvenue, University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin and Dr. Aloysius Nwokolo, Head, Department of Herbal Medicine, International Bio-Research Institute, Enugu, and Prof. Ezechi Chukwu, Head, Department of Philosophy, Caritas University, Enugu
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