A video circulating on social media has generated reactions over the feeding arrangements at the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Port Harcourt, after participants were filmed gathered around a food service point with plates while one lawyer complained of difficulty being served.
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The footage, running just under a minute, shows a crowded section of the venue, with several participants standing around tables where food and drinks appeared to be distributed.
In the video, one of the participants is heard appealing to those handling the food, saying attendees should not be denied meals at a conference for which they had paid registration fees.
“Madam, even if it is meat, please give us, let’s eat. Why are they refusing to give us food in a conference we paid for?” he says.
The scene drew commentary, with some users expressing surprise that lawyers attending what is regarded as the largest annual gathering of legal practitioners in Africa could find themselves competing for access to food.
One X user, posting as CIA JAGABAN, wrote: “Ndi professional lawyers dey beg for meat at a conference them paid for. Nigerians and life.”
Another account, Authentic Voice, shared the footage with the description: “Lawyers holding plates and scrambling for food at the NBA Annual Conference held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.”
While some commentators treated the scene humorously, others said the sight of professionals appearing to struggle for meals raised legitimate questions about conference planning and participant welfare.
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The video shows a visibly crowded distribution area, with participants moving about and some holding plates while waiting to be served.
It does not establish the wider circumstances. It does not show whether the difficulty was temporary, whether food eventually reached everyone present, or how many of the delegates were affected. Nor does it support any suggestion that lawyers were denied food throughout the conference. What it records is a particular crowded episode in which at least one participant complained about being unable to obtain a meal.
There was no indication in the material available that the Association or the conference planning committee had responded to the video or explained what occurred at the distribution point.
The Annual General Conference draws thousands of practitioners from across the country and beyond, and traditionally combines plenary sessions, professional development, networking events and exhibitions.
At that scale, logistics including transport, venue capacity, meals, refreshments and crowd management become a substantial part of the experience, and the footage has prompted questions about whether adequate arrangements were made for orderly and accessible food distribution to the number of registered delegates.
The video lands on ground already prepared. In an interim assessment of the same conference published a day earlier, Dr Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN, made the identical complaint in writing.
“There were no properly organised and easily accessible tea break venues. Lunch arrangements were not centrally and conspicuously organised in a manner that would allow conference participants to access them without unnecessary stress,” he wrote, adding that the halls used on the first two days were “hot, uncomfortable and unconducive.”
He anticipated the objection that such things are trivial. “These may appear to be minor details to some people, but they are not. The comfort and welfare of participants are integral to the success of any conference. A lawyer who is struggling with heat, hunger, congestion and confusion cannot fully concentrate on the quality of discourse taking place around him or her.”
He also identified what he considered the underlying cause, which is not peculiar to this year or to this host city: the absence of convention facilities in the country built to accommodate gatherings of this size.
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