The Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA EXCO has said it approved the Sum of 100,000 for the accommodation of Branch Chairmen and Secretaries during 2022 pre-AGC NEC meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Association Scheduled to hold on 21st and 25th August 2022, in Lagos.

In a message made available to legaldeskng .

The NBA normally takes care of the accommodation of Chairmen and Secretaries during NEC meetings. The Chairmen requested for 7 Nights accommodation and we gave them accommodation for 2 nights as is customary with NEC attendance.

NBA explained that the Chief Registrar of Supreme Court only recently remitted Bar Practice Fees to the NBA, after a long stand-off which was resolved by the CJN, and as such they were unable to make hotel reservations for Chairmen and Secretaries on time. owing to the fact that a number of Chairmen and Secretaries had informed the NBA that they had already made arrangements for their accomodation in Lagos, NBA said it accorded with common sense that they be reimbursed instead of booking fresh accomodations for them.

See the Full Message below:

Dear Chairmen and Secretaries,

I trust you are all doing well.

I have received numerous requests, from some of you, for the provision of hotel accomodation for Branch Chairmen and Secretaries who will be attending the 2022 AGC.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accomodate these requests at this time due to the fact that it is not customary for hotel accomodation to be provided for Chairmen and Secretaries at the AGC, as well as the fact that our resources are quite limited at the moment.

I am however pleased to announce that the NBA National Executive Committee has approved the provision of hotel accomodation, for 2 nights, for those Branch Chairmen and Secretaries who will be attending the pre-AGC NEC Meeting and the 2022 NBA AGM.

Being mindful of the fact that this announcement is coming at a time when most of you would have already made your accomodation arrangements, we have decided to monetise this offer of accomodation by paying each of you the sum of one hundred thousand naira (N100,000).

In this regard, kindly send the following information, via Whatsapp, to Ezekiel David of the Bar Services Department whose Whatsapp number is 07037000903:

Name:
Branch:
Designation:
Bank:
Account No:

Thanks and best regards.

OLU