At the conclusion of the Eastern Bar Forum Quarterly General
Meeting held at the Osborne LA Palm Hotel, lying and situate at No.
1 Osborne Avenue, Mile 50, Off Old Enugu Road, Abakaliki, Ebonyi
State, on Saturday, 28th October, 2017, all the forty-three (43)
Branches of the Nigerian Bar Association that constitute the
Eastern Bar Forum unanimously, unequivocally, altruistically,
transparently, professionally qnd conclusively arrived at the
following decisions:
(1)The Reconstitution of the Eastern Bar Forum Sports Committee
to facilitate the collective fitness of all members of the EBF.
(2) The Reconstitution of the EBF Young Lawyer Forum Executive
for the effective coordination of all Young Lawyers in the EBF.
(3) That as far as the 2018 NBA General Elections are concerned,
the position of President of the Nigerian Bar Association has been
zoned to the EBF and it is incontestably and undeniably the
exclusive turn of the East in the EBF to produce the next NBA
President.
On the proposed Nigerian Bar Association 2015 Constitution
Amendment being handled by the NBA Constitution Review Committee
chaired by Mallam Yusuf Olaole Ali, SAN, the EBF resolved as
follows:
(1) That the 2015 NBA Constitution cannot be reviewed/amended in
an election year, as the present NBA National Executive has less
than seven (7) months to the end of its tenure.
(2) That NBA Constitution is legally and constitutionally
reviewed/amended at NBA Annual General Meeting and not at NBA NEC
as has been contemplated/orchestrated by the NBA National Executive
Committee.
(3)That Branches are not comfortable with the proposed
Constitution Review/Amendment and the modes outlined for bringing
it to fruition as it grossly undermines promotion and respect for
rule of law and will be an infraction on the rights of all legal
practitioners in Nigeria.
Consequently, the Eastern Bar Forum unequivocally and in
totality, reject the proposed NBA Constitutional Amendment.
George Fortune Igbikikuno, Esq., Publicity Secretary, EBF
At the conclusion of the Eastern Bar Forum Quarterly General
Meeting held at the Osborne LA Palm Hotel, lying and situate at No.
1 Osborne Avenue, Mile 50, Off Old Enugu Road, Abakaliki, Ebonyi
State, on Saturday, 28th October, 2017, all the forty-three (43)
Branches of the Nigerian Bar Association that constitute the
Eastern Bar Forum unanimously, unequivocally, altruistically,
transparently, professionally qnd conclusively arrived at the
following decisions:
(1)The Reconstitution of the Eastern Bar Forum Sports Committee
to facilitate the collective fitness of all members of the EBF.
(2) The Reconstitution of the EBF Young Lawyer Forum Executive
for the effective coordination of all Young Lawyers in the EBF.
(3) That as far as the 2018 NBA General Elections are concerned,
the position of President of the Nigerian Bar Association has been
zoned to the EBF and it is incontestably and undeniably the
exclusive turn of the East in the EBF to produce the next NBA
President.
On the proposed Nigerian Bar Association 2015 Constitution
Amendment being handled by the NBA Constitution Review Committee
chaired by Mallam Yusuf Olaole Ali, SAN, the EBF resolved as
follows:
(1) That the 2015 NBA Constitution cannot be reviewed/amended in
an election year, as the present NBA National Executive has less
than seven (7) months to the end of its tenure.
(2) That NBA Constitution is legally and constitutionally
reviewed/amended at NBA Annual General Meeting and not at NBA NEC
as has been contemplated/orchestrated by the NBA National Executive
Committee.
(3)That Branches are not comfortable with the proposed
Constitution Review/Amendment and the modes outlined for bringing
it to fruition as it grossly undermines promotion and respect for
rule of law and will be an infraction on the rights of all legal
practitioners in Nigeria.
Consequently, the Eastern Bar Forum unequivocally and in
totality, reject the proposed NBA Constitutional Amendment.
George Fortune Igbikikuno, Esq., Publicity Secretary, EBF