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Lawyers reject Wali’s constitution amendment Lawyers have rejected attempts by the immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Okey Wali (SAN) to effect fundamental changes in the constitution of the association and alter its leadership and administrative structure. This brings an end efforts by the immediate past two regimes of the association to restructure the secretariat and model same after the International Bar Association (IBA ) structure. The restructuring of the secretariat whittles down the powers of elected national officers of the NBA and vests them on the secretariat staff headed by the Executive Director, who is at the beck and call of the President. Under the Wali administration, elected NBA national officers were mere observers. They were addressed as national officers by name but had no powers to act in their respective offices. They had no offices at the NBA secretariat from where to perform their statutory duties. In effect, the last administration made them almost redundant. NBA national officers including the three Vice-Presidents had to ride in cabs while in Abuja on NBA duties while official cars are parked at the secretariat. However, Wali’s bid to institutionalise what many have come to see as an anomaly was roundly rejected by the lawyers. They rejected 24 out of his proposed 33 amendments to NBA constitution. Presenting his report, chairman of the committee, Mr.Okey Amechi (SAN) thanked lawyers for the confidence reposed on him and his committee during the conduct of the last NBA elections when lawyers voted simultaneously for election of new officers and constitution ammendment. The proposal to introduce Associate membership into the association was rejected with all the purported advantages and privileges. The proposal for the association to publish on its website the names of defaulting lawyers in the payment of Practising fees by the fist of April as provided by the Financial Secretary was also...

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