Biography
PROFILE OF JOYCE ODUAH ACFE FICMC
Joyce Oduah is the Managing Partner of Joyce Oduah & Co., a full service commercial law firm situate in Lagos State, Nigeria. In 1990, she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Lagos. She was duly called to the Nigerian Bar on the 10th of December 1991 and completed her Masters’ Degree Program in the University of Lagos in 1997.
She is currently the General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association; National Treasurer, NBA, 2012 -2014; a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators; an Associate Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and a Notary Public. She is a Council Member of the International Bar Association and Member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. As the General Secretary of the NBA, she is an active member of all existing Committees of the Association.
She has under her belt a number of National and State Appointments including Board Member, Gurara Water Management Authority 2009; Member, Law Reform and Administration of Justice Reform Committee, Akwa Ibom State 2007 – 2009; Member, Lagos State Blueprint Committee on the Administration of Justice 2017; current Board Member Institute of Continuing Legal Education; current Board member and Director, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria.
She is the President and Founder of Fountain of Life for the Needy Foundation, a non-governmental organization aimed at providing for the needs of indigent women, children and youths in Nigeria. She has received numerous awards for her commitment and dedication to the service of God and humanity.
Joyce is passionate about ensuring women and youth participation in leadership in the International and National Bar Associations; in the Judiciary; in corporate practice and also in the larger society. She believes that women and young lawyers are the future of the legal profession; this is the reason she is committed to ensuring their growth and development not only as practitioners but also as individuals.
Joyce is married to her heartthrob and Law School classmate, Mr Okechukwu Oduah. The marriage is blessed with four children.