The Management and Staff of TheNigeriaLawyer felicitate with Ex-NBA 1st Assistant GS, Okey Leo Ohagba on the occasion of a new beginning in his life, as he marks an additional year today.
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On this special day, we join the host of the legal community, friends, family, clients and well-wishers to celebrate you. May lines continue to fall in pleasant places for you. Happy Birthday, Sir.
Okey Leo Ohagba is a passionate member of the Nigerian Bar Association and a very committed member of the Port-Harcourt Branch. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in November 2007.
With a burning passion for litigation, Okey turned down a juicy corporate employment offer from a reputable Nigerian bank and started his legal practice career in the firm of N. H. AJIE & CO. of Portharcourt in 2008 and in 2012 he established O. L. OHAGBA and Company, commercial litigation and ADR consultancy firm, wherein he remains the principal partner till date.
In his quest for a broadened knowledge of the law and expertise, Okey had prior to his legal practice career, obtained a certificate of proficiency in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) after an intensive professional course at the Settlement House Abuja. Thereafter he was awarded the title of Professional Negotiator and Mediator (pnm). He is also a certified member of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) as a Chartered Mediator and Conciliator (ChMC).
Okey Ohagba, a pioneer alumnus of Madonna University, is a quintessential Bar man, a creative thinker, always eager to achieve excellence in every assignment. He has served the NBA in various capacities both at his Portharcourt branch and at the National level; some of which positions include;
1) National Secretary, Young Lawyers’ Forum Governing Council – 2012 to 2014;
2) Member, National Executive Committee (NEC) – 2012 to 2014 and from 2016 till date;
3) Member, Port-Harcourt Branch Executive Committee from 2012 to 2014;
4) Member Port-Harcourt Branch LOC for the NBA-AGC Abuja – 2012;
5) Secretary, NBA Constitution Review
Committee, Port-Harcourt Branch – 2012 to 2016;
6) Asst. Secretary, NBA Human Rights Committee, Port-Harcourt Branch – 2012 to 2014;
7) Member, International Conferences and Opportunities Committee of NBA Port-Harcourt Branch – 2014 to 2016;
8) Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Port-Harcourt Branch – 2012 to 2014;
9) Membe, Technical Committee on
Conference Planning (TCCP) for the NBA-AGC, Owerri 2014;
10) Chairman, Sports Sub-Committee of
TCCP for the NBA-AGC, Owerri – 2014;
11) Member , Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the NBA-AGC, Portharcourt, 2016;
12) Secretary , Transport/Logistics subcommittee,
NBA-AGC (LOC) Portharcourt, 2016;
13) Secretary, Eastern Bar Forum ICT Committee – 2016 to 2019;
14) NBA 1st Assistant General Secretary – 2016 to 2018; and
15) NBA Rep on the Board of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) – 2013 to 2015.
He is a member of Eastern Bar Forum (EBF), International Bar Association (IBA), Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), African Bar Association (ABA) and Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU).
He belongs to all the NBA Sections ( SBL, SLP & SPIDEL) and attends virtually all Conferences organised by these sections.
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