Nigerian Bar Association Benin branch has officially named its branch “The Lion Bar”.The branch made this resolution at its May monthly meeting.
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According to the statement by the Publicity Secretary, Douglas Ogbankwa, obtained by TheNigerialawyer the branch made several resolutions that will usher in innovation and progress to the bar..Due to the increased rate at which lawyers in the state are being kidnapped the branch further reiterated its decision not to defend robbers and kidnappers
The NBA Benin Branch adopts the Sobriquet, “The Lion Bar “.
It was an affirmation of the vibrance and proactiveness of the Nigerian Bar Association ,Benin Branch Exco ,led by the ebullient and Digital NBA Benin Branch Chairman, Prince Collins Benson Ogiegbaen, A.I.C.M.C.,when Members of the Branch in the May ,2019 Meeting ,aptly adopted in a seemly unanimous manner , the sobriquet,” The Lion Bar “.
The former Publicity Secretary of the Branch ,Usunobun Evbayiro ,put the issue in its pedestal ,when he stated that the Benin Bar has been a trailblazer and pathfinder in the Country, speaking truth to Power and advocating for the Bar as an Institution nationwide, just as the Benin Bar, has assumed the voice of the voiceless on critical issues of State .
He then moved a Motion which was seconded by O.A. Lawani and passed with seemly unanimity.
By this development, the NBA Benin Branch officially bears the toga of the “Lion Bar”.
In the said Monthly Meeting of the NBA Benin Branch, the House dissolved the Anti-Touting and Ethics Committee and reconstituted same with Lawrence Aiserewede Esq., as Chairman, Ivie Elema Esq., as Secretary, Jude Imagbeghian, Mathew Enedion, and others as Members.
The Benin Bar’s Conference Planning Committee Chairman, for the 2018 Abuja AGC, Mrs. Egbe Okojie presented the Committee’s Report, which was adopted by the House unanimously.
Mrs. Pat Agbale, the Chairman of the Benin Bar’s Conference Planning Committee, for the 2019 Lagos AGC presented the Committee’s Preliminary Committee.
The Chairman of the Benin Bar Media Committee, Sam Mac Ebi, with the endorsement of the Secretary of the Committee, Shirley Omo Aghariaha, in the same vein, submitted the Committee’s Interim Report.
The Chairman of the Branch Disciplinary Committee, Mrs. Eunice Ebun Otoighile also presented the Committee’s Progress Report.
The NBA Benin Branch (the Lion Bar ) Chairman ,Prince Collins Benson Ogiegbaen had earlier in his State of the Bar Speech, indicated the development strides of the Leadership of the Benin Bar ,which includes a refurbishment of the surroundings of the Bar House ,improving the lightening of the Bar House Hall ,providing flat screen televisions and Pay TV.
Full subscriptions for the Bar House to increase Socialisation among Lawyers, improving the air conditioning system at the Bar House Hall and more importantly, the recent resolution of the Benin Bar to stop representing Kidnappers and Armed Robbers as a reaction to the incessant Kidnapping and Attacks on Lawyers in the Benin Bar.
Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.,
Publicity Secretary,
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),
Benin Branch ,”The Lion Bar “.
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