The President of the African Bar Association (AfBA ) -Hannibal Uwaifo Esq., has constituted a High Powered Conference Planning Committee for its 2022 International Planning Conference in Lilogwe , Malawi in August , 2022 , with the Solicitor General of Liberia , as the Chairman of the Planning Committee .The President also named other Nigerian Lawyers , to wit :Professor Edoba Bright Omoregie SAN as the Administrator of Conference, Dr Samson Osagie , the Chairman of the Nigerian Forum ,Mimi Ayua ,Ifueko Ize-Iyamu Blessing Agbomenre and Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.

The President of the AfBA at the Inauguration, also named Douglas Ogbankwa Esq , as the Director of Strategic Communications of the African Bar Association , to drive the Publicity Module of the Association using strategic and novel models in driving the Publicity verve of the African Bar Association.

Douglas Ogbankwa Esq., a Veteran of the Publicity System of the Legal Profession of Nigeria is the immediate Past Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch ,the Lion Bar , the current Publicity Secretary of the Midwest Bar Forum , a Member of the NBA National Editorial Committee , a Member of the NBA College of Reppateurs , the Chairman of the NBA Benin Bar Police Monitoring Committee and the Founder of the Benin Writers’ Society.