A Nigerian legislative drafting lawyer, Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja, is to design post graduate academic programmes for the National University of Lesotho.

Lesotho is a southern African country.

The assignment is facilitated under the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, NTAC, a mechanism through which Nigeria extends aid and technical assistance to needy countries both in Africa and the Caribbean. Under the NTAC framework provision of technical assistance is regarded as strategic alternative to direct monetary aid.

The development followed a formal request to the Director-General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, Dr. Yusuf Buba Yakub, by the Vice Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho, Professor Isaac Olusola Fajana, who is also a Nigerian. The university in its request explained that it does not have any law lecturer that qualified in the concerned area, and also lacks the funds to engage such a law lecturer.

Jaja will, however, not be entitled to salary or renumeration for the assignment, going by the terms of the engagement.

The lawyer who will be working with the Faculty of Humanities, National University of Lesotho, will design postgraduate programmes in the field of Legisprudence, an area of Philosophy that focus on the deployment of philosophy for rational lawmaking and legislation.

Specifically, he will be designing course outlines for three programmes – Postgraduate Certificate in Legisprudence – Philosophy of lawmaking; Postgraduate Certificate in Legisprudence – Philosophy of Legislation and Postgraduate Diploma in Legisprudence – Philosophy of Legislative Drafting.

The programmes are designed to develop academic scholarship in legisprudence, strengthen legislative scrutiny capacity in Lesotho, promote African legal philosophy alongside Western jurisprudence and train professionals in legislative drafting and lawmaking.

National University of Lesotho, located in Roma and founded in 1945, is the oldest and main public university in Lesotho.

Meanwhile, a delegation of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission is set to embark on a study visit to the National University of Lesotho, further deepening the connections and cooperation between Nigeria and the southern African country.

The study visit, scheduled between July and August 2027, is an institutional collaboration and capacity development initiative aimed at strengthening law reform processes through comparative learning and international engagement.

Since its inception, over 10,000 Nigerians have been deployed to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries under the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps framework.

In 2025, the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps deployed volunteers to 12 countries including Jamaica, the Republic of Benin, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Zanzibar, Grenada, The Gambia, Liberia, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Seychelles and St. Kitts and Nevis. The agency also established new relations with Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, and St. Kitts and Nevis.