“The general belief of members is that we collect their dues and just spend them anyhow but that is not the case; the completion of the NBA house is evidence of how our dues were spent and managed during my time as General Secretary. We also reduced the conference fees so that more lawyers could attend while sourcing funds externally noting that NBA is a BRAND name that can be used to generate income for itself.” Speaking further, he highlighted the fact that there is still room for improvement. He stated that NBA must run with a business mindset, not by making from its members but using its brand, investing its income for the purposes of saving for the future. He thus advised the NBA to put in place some sort of insurance scheme that Lawyers can enjoy in their lifetime. On Legal Education, he believes the NBA needs to go beyond the Law School to affect the lives of the Law students at the University level; Leadership training or discipline at the law school level is not sufficient and so there is also need to fund lecturers to do research that will help the development of the Justice sector and constitutionalism in Nigeria, and that NBA invest in setting up an endowment fund to promote legal education and mentorship programs for law students and young lawyers. He also stated the fact that the current process of applying and reapplying for stamps is complicated and unnecessary, as an online platform can be used to achieve same without stress. Speaking on the On the issue of the newly introduced stamps by the Lagos State Judiciary, he said: “I am concerned that justice is not viewed as a revenue generating platform. We should not make it more difficult for people to access the courts because of court fees. If the main reason for this new innovation is to weed out touts then we should investigate and find out how and who is making it easy for touts to operate in our Judiciary and prevent it from happening not by introducing measure that will cost the court users more money. The Branches in Lagos must join together to engage the Lagos State Judiciary on this issue before it is adopted by other Judiciaries nationwide” On the issue of on e-voting and universal suffrage adopted by the NBA, he was confident that the current administration would address it. He however, stated that a unified Nigeria is what is needed as separation would not solve the nation’s problem. “On the issue of IPOB; we do not need to separate as a nation but the Government must look at a merit based system rather than looking at where you come from. However; we need each other in this country. The Igbo man draws strength from being part of a larger territory so asking to be pushed to an enclave called Biafra is not in the best interest of the Igbo man and to all Nigerians as a whole.”, he said.]]>
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