NAN-H-86
Law
By David Adeoye
Ibadan, Dec. 14, 2016 (NAN) The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged lawyers in the country to remain committed to using laws and the practice of law to achieve positive social change.
The President of the association, Mr Abubakar Mahmoud, gave the advice in Ibadan on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Annual Law Week of the NBA, Ibadan branch.
Mahmoud, who was represented by Abiola Olagunju, urged lawyers to let their arguments in courts, write-ups and legal businesses be to generally keep making laws for the benefit of all Nigerians.
He stated that law by its nature is dynamic and revolutionary in addressing societal challenges in recent times.
“This buttresses the need for lawyers to create room for career development and get acquainted with current trends in the field,” he said.
The NBA president further called on his colleagues to update themselves with the digitisation shift, saying the world was going digital in most vocations.
He assured that the legal profession would not be exempted, predicting that it would come to a point where every facet of legal practice would be digitised.
He, therefore, urged lawyers to use their skills and knowledge of computer to advance their careers as the future of legal practice would mainly depend on the use of computers and the internet.
In his message of goodwill, the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Nkanu Onnoghen, called on lawyers to give meaning to the nation’s legal system.
Onnoghen, who was represented by Justice Mensem Dongban of the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, said lawyers had important roles to play in effective criminal justice administration.
He called on them to thrive doing their best to promote the nation’s legal system and commended the NBA, Ibadan chapter, for their contributions towards the improvement of the judicial system.
The NBA Chairman, Ibadan chapter, Akeem Agbaje, urged the bar and bench to work together to sustain the faith of Nigerians in the judicial system so that the judiciary could remain the last hope of the common man.
Agbaje said the law week would be used to create awareness for members of the emerging areas of law practice in Nigeria they could key into to enhance their knowledge, practice and income.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual law week is themed, “Emerging Sectors – Law, Today and Tomorrow”. (NAN)
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Edited by Moses Solanke/Emmanuel Yashim
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