We are extending beyond north – New NBA reveals plan
The leadership of the New Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has revealed its intention to extend its membership to other parts of Nigeria.
It noted that the body is not about regional affairs.
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One of the conveners of the new body of lawyers, Nuhu Ibrahim, said this in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH in Kaduna on Tuesday.
According to him, membership in the New NBA is open to all lawyers across the country who share their ideas.
He listed the ideal to include the promotion of justice, equity and the rule of law.
“Any lawyer that shares our ideals of promoting justice, equality, rule of law, is welcome,” he said.
Ibrahim insisted that they had the right as enshrined in the constitution to belong to any association and at the same time opt out whenever necessary.
He, however, said the motive behind the NNBA was not to create a crack in the NBA.
He said, “In my own view, as far as I am concerned, there is no crack in the legal profession. You may wish to say there is a crack in the NBA but that’s in your own opinion, as so many people see it. But I don’t see it that way.
“What we are out to do is not to create a crack. What we are out to do is to bring harmony that is based on justice, rule of law and equity. So, I don’t see how somebody who is out to ensure that there is equity and rule of law, is out to create cracks.
Daily Times Nigeria reports that the new Nigeria Bar Association is a fragmented group of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), that was formed in the heat of a crisis among Nigerian lawyers last week.
Recall, the crises began when Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State was uninvited to this year’s NBA conference.
