The NBA President, Paul Usoro, SAN, has noted that, the process of incorporating the NBA as an incorporated trustee has been completed.

The learned silk made this observation amongst other new resolutions reached at the National Executive Council meeting held on the 5th day of December, 2019, at NBA National House in Abuja.

He also noted that stakeholders including the NBA, Council of Legal Education, NUC met with the AGF on the NOUN issue and the outcome is that the backlog graduates will undergo a 1-year remedial programme, and those who pass will be admitted for Bar Part 2.

Also noted is that the TCCP 2020 Committee will be constituted soon, so that they can start planning at once for next year’s Conference; that ECNBA is to be constituted very soon as well so that they can start planning the 2020 National elections.

On the NBA 2020 elections , it was stated that new rules will be introduced to sanitise the election process.

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro, SAN, has also been lauded for remitting the 10% entitlement of the NBA Ikorodu branch.

TNL confirmed the development this evening that the entitlement which was earlier withheld has been released.

In another development, it was as well gathered that the inauguration of the Young Lawyer’s Forum Governing Council has been fixed for the 6th day of December, 2019.

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