Nigerian Bar Association

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Nigerian Bar Association
TypeProfessional Association
PurposePromote legal professionalism
Location
  • Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
Official language
English
President
 Yakubu Maikyau SAN
General Secretary
 Adesina Adegbite
Website www.nigerianbar.org.ng

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is a non-profit, umbrella professional association of lawyers admitted to the Bar by Counsil of Legal Education in Nigeria. It is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance in Nigeria. [1] The NBA has an observer status with the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, and a working partnership with many national and international non-governmental organizations concerned with similar goals in Nigeria and in Africa. [2]

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The NBA is made up of 125 branches, three professional sections, two specialized institutes, six practice-cadre forums, and high-level leverage in the political society in Nigeria.

Its National Secretariat is managed from Abuja. Its organizational structure comprises a National Executive Committee, a National Officers/Management Board, sections, forums, committees, working groups and a National Secretariat with a manpower strengthening of 34 staff as at June 2010.

The current president of the Nigerian Bar Association is Yakubu Maikyau. and the current General Secretary is Adesina Adegbite. [3]

Former chairmen and presidents

Past chairmen of the association were:

Presidents of the Bar Association, who had the same authority as the former Chairmen, were:

Between 1992 and 1998 the NBA had no president, functioning only in branches. After the crisis, presidents were:

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  4. ↑ Uko, Ike (4 May 2011). "Who Was NBA's First President". The Daily Independent (Lagos) . Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Alegeh is new NBA President | Premium Times Nigeria". 15 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Chioma, Unini (4 August 2016). "PRESS STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NBA) ABUBAKAR BALARABE MAHMOUD, SAN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3RD, 2016". TheNigeriaLawyer. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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  8. ↑ ABBA, Amos (31 July 2020). "Olumide, non-SAN emerges NBA president amid controversy". International Centre for Investigative Reporting. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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