Dear Colleagues,
The President of Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, today, 30th November, 2020 delivered a goodwill message at a Lecture held in honour of Hon. Justice Lazarus C. Dakyen as part of activities marking the NBA JOS Branch 2020 Law Week holding from 27-30 November 2020 at the Millenium International Conference Centre, Domkat Bali Road, Jos, Plateau State.
The lecture had in attendance the Governor of the State, H.E. Simon Lalong, represented by the Honorable Attorney General of the State, Chrys Ahmadu, the Chief Judge of the State the Hon Justice Y. G. Dakwak; the former Governor of Bauchi State, H.E. Adamu Muazu, who served as Chairman of the occasion, NBA General Secretary NBA, Mrs. Joyce Oduah, serving and retired Judicial officers, khadis, and members of the Inner and Outer Bar.
The NBA President, in his address, articulated the problems facing the legal profession as part of the global community in the 'new normal' of Covid-19 Pandemic, as well as the role of the major stakeholders in the justice sector, namely, Judges and Lawyers, in the solution process.
The Lecture had other Speakers like Yakubu Bawa, the Chairman of the NBA Jos Branch who delivered the Welcome Address; the HAG of the State, who declared the Law Week open, on behalf of the Governor of Plateau State, and Prof Suleiman Bogoro, Executive Secretary TETFUND, who delivered the Keynote Address, as well as other Speakers and discusants.
Please find attached the full speech of the President.
Dr. Rapulu Nduka
Publicity Secretary,
Nigerian Bar Association
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