Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila is asking the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, to put its house in order before thinking of fixing Nigeria.
Gbajabiamila said this in his keynote address at the 2021 edition of the NBA Section on Legal Practice in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital.
Since 2003 when the NBA Section on Legal Practice began, each year legal practitioners in the country gather for self-audit. This year the event with the theme, Law, Lawyers, and next Generation, is holding in Akwa Ibom State and the attendance is impressive.
Speaker of the House of Representatives represented by House committee chairman on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke says the timing of the conference is right in view of the situation in the country.
Akwa Ibom State Governor represented by his deputy, Moses Ekpo, and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, raised critical questions on the polity.
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, represented by Justice Abdul Aboki, NBA President, Olumide Akpata, and Chairman of the NBA SLP, Oluseun Abimbola, SAN, all gave their thoughts.
The 7th edition of the NBA SLP journal was presented.