Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Mazi Afam Josiah Osigwe, SAN has selected new members for four key NBA forums: Lawyers with Disabilities, Corporate Counsel Forum, Lawyers in the Media Forum, and the Young Lawyers Forum.
This was disclosed in his extensive speech at the recently held NBA National Executive Council meeting in Enugu. The forums help to advance the NBA’s mission by focusing on the subjects described by their respective titles, while offering programmes tailored to their respective constituencies.
The composition of these forums are as follows:
Lawyers with Disabilities
- Patience Etumudom – Chair
- Sani Moyi – Alternate Chair
- Rex Erame – Secretary
- Arinze Mbanefo – NAPTIP
- Justice Christopher – Member
- Florence Marcus – Member
Corporate Counsel Forum
- Uche Obodo – Chairman
- Robert Imowoh – Alternate Chairman
- Bamiji Adeyeye – Secretary.
- Kehinde Dawodu – Member
- Chike Ohianwu – Member
- Muyiwa Balogun – Member
- Ituah Imhanze – Member
- Lukman Salman – Member
- Hayatudeen Sani – Member
- Three representatives from banks and other financial institutions.
Lawyers in the Media Forum
- Jude Igbanoi – Chairman
- Felix Ashimole – Alternate Chair
- John Austin Unachukwu – Secretary.
- Halima Abiola – Member
- Anita Amadi – Member
- Gloria Ireka – Member
- Emmanuel Akhigbe – Member
- Teejay Eko – Member
- Ade Bamgboye – Member
Young Lawyers Forum
- Timothy Clement – Chairman
- Etaba Agbor – Secretary
- Gabriel Agboola- Publicity Secretary
- Chemerie Okolo – Treasurer
- Ntyang Jugu – Member
- Imam Fulani Abdul-lateef – Member
- Sumoko Wisdom – Member
- Naomi Osezele Aitomun- Member
- Prayer Oko Inyang- Member
- Safinaz Isma’il Gilima – Member
- Maryam Farouk Ismad – Member
- Elijah Isreal – Member
- Abdulkareem Abdulraheem Bolaji – Member
- Salsabeel Abubakar Bislava – Member
- Josiah Elijah- Member
- Tochukwu Iheme – Member
- Isaac Adakole – Member
Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN expressed optimism about the teams’ potential to contribute to NBA’s commitment to setting legal and ethical standards for the nation and its mission of promoting the rule of law.
This move demonstrates the NBA president’s commitment to building the organised bar for the advancement of democracy, equity, and justice.