Any NBA president that has the interest and welfare of the lawyers at heart should try as much as possible to secure a lawyer’s 10% in conveyances.

As NBA president, he can sponsor the alterations or amendment of RPC/LPA or even a specific Bill in the legislature to include or make provison for what is called ” a special seal” for deeds or land agreements prepared by lawyers.

“A SPECIAL SEAL”

A special seal will be a seal similar to NBA seal but will be in custody of every Chairman of every local NBA. It will be only the Chairman of local NBAs that would have such seal in their possession.

Such Chairman shall have the power to attach such special seal on agreements after receiving credit alert of the 10% of the price of the land in question and an agreed price for the seal. And No agreement prepared by a lawyer shall be valid or tendered in court for any reason whatsoever without such special seal affixed on it.

Then the Chairmen of the Local NBAs shall be mandated to open a specific account for special seals and record of all such agreement submitted in their office for special seals.

Furthermore, the lawyer who applied for such seal shall then be required to pay certain amount to the account of the Local NBA being payment for the special seal.

The lawyer will first of all prepare the agreement and submit to the Chairman of the Local NBA with an application for a special seal with evidence of payment of the 10% of the consideration involved as well as money for the special seal. Both paid into the account created for the special seal.

The chairman shall after all necessary verification, affix the seal on the document with his signature and office stamp on all the pages of the agreement.

Thereafter, the Chairman will them pay back the money to the lawyer either in cash or transfer.

This procedure can be executed within a day with mobile transfer.

The above will serve several purposes:

It will stop fake lawyers or none lawyers from preparing agreements or claiming to be more learned than lawyers.
It will put smiles on face of lawyers once they hear agreement.
It will earn income for the local NBAs too.
It will give lawyers pride and sense of being learned man. Etc.

Visionary leaders of NBA should try the above and not just conducting NBA elections all time without any specific archivement. Even ordinary land agents do not joke with their 10%, Surveyors and Doctors do not joke with their profession too.

Even Enugu state government has since prepared special seal for every documents emanating from any court in Enugu state and usually affixed by the Chief registrar of the court in question. We can at least learn from Enugu State.

Today, a lawyer will come out and write agreement of land purchased 7m and will be paid 10k. It’s a pity.

The NBA president has all it takes to change the narrative. Those close to him should do something.

Thanks.

By Barr. M. C Ugwodo Esq. (a.k.a Utunagba-Igwe 1 N’ Orba)