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The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called for the arrest and prosecution of identified electoral offenders in the just concluded general elections.
In a communique issued at the end the quarterly meeting of the NBA-NEC held in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State on 23 March 2023, the association, unequivocally condemned the tribal/ethnic bigotry, violence and intimidation of voters recorded during the just concluded general elections, particularly in Lagos State.
As a way of boosting the confidence of the public in the judiciary, which is currently at an all-time low, the NBA-NEC called for live broadcasts of the election petition proceedings (particularly the presidential election petition) by volunteering media houses.
According to the communique, “This will give citizens the opportunity to follow the proceedings, have better knowledge of the facts and an understanding of the reasoning behind decisions of the courts in those matters, particularly how the Electoral Act and other applicable laws are applied to election petition matters”.
In order to stem quackery within the profession, NEC adopted and approved the NBA General Secretary’s proposal for the introduction of a new NBA Stamp with improved security features and car stickers with QR codes for lawyers.
The communique said, the essence of the stickers, which will be produced, owned, and distributed by the NBA, is to tackle the inadequacy of the current sticker that is available on the streets and used by non-lawyers, including commercial motorists.
In view of the expiration of the tenure of the current Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and the fact that the Vice Chairman of the body shall be nominated from the Bar, NEC resolved that NBA should sponsor a preferred nominee of the Bar to represent the Association as the Vice Chairman.
Consequently, Mrs. Funke Adekoya (SAN) was unanimously nominated and adopted as the nominee of the NBA for the position of Vice Chairman of the Body of Benchers.
It was further resolved that, in the event that Mrs. Adekoya declines the nomination, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, (SAN) should step in as the alternate nominee of the NBA and added that the NBA President shall have prerogative to immediately nominate, without further recourse to NEC, any senior Bencher of his choice in the event that both Mrs. Adekoya and Dr. Agbakoba decline the nomination.
In the communique made available to newsmen on Thursday by the association’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Akorede Habeeb Lawal, the NBA-NEC also considered the budget of the Annual General Conference Planning Committee (AGCPC) and approved same alongside the proposed 2023 Annual General Conference Fees which would see senior citizens (lawyers of 70 years and above) attend the conference for the first time, free of charge, and lawyers of 1 to 5 years call pay an early bird fee of N15,000.
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