NBA President Inaugurates Six Committees, Strengthening Professional Excellence, Legal Education, and Governance

APPOINTMENT AND COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

Dear Colleagues,

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, on Tuesday 29th October 2024, inaugurated Six Committees of the Nigerian Bar Association.  The Committees are as follows;

 

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT COMMITTEE

The committee is constituted as follows:

ABDUL MOHAMMED, SAN (CHAIRMAN)

STANLEY CHI DOZIE IMO, SAN (ALTERNATE CHAIR)

PAUL DAUDU, SAN – SECRETARY

MRS T.E.N. UDO (ALTERNATE SECRETARY)

SAM OLAKANMI FALADE

DAWUD SULAYMAN

BERNARD NAFAGHA

LUKA HARUNA

OLAWUNMI ADEOLA

UMOH EDET

KOLA MAROOF ADENIRAN

JOHN MAYOWA DADA

UMMI WAZIRI KOLO

CONFIDENCE NWOKA

LUCKY EKARUME

ESTHER JIMOH

ABDULRASHEED USMAN

EDWIN JACK IBIOMGBO

PROF JOHN OLOWOLE AKINTAYO

EMMANUEL UTI

PRECIOUS NWADIMUYA

ABUBAKAR GHJAM

LAWAL GARUBA HUDU

OMOTAYO OLATUBOSUN

ALTINE IBRAHIM

EMMANUELLA IVEREN KUMEN

 

JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM COMMITTEE

The committee is constituted as follows:

JOY EZEILO, SAN (CHAIR),

SUNUSI MUSA, SAN (ALTERNATE CHAIR),

TERFA RAPHAEL AGBANYI (SECRETARY)

TIJANI ALKALI GAZALI SAN

DANIEL CHUKWUEMEKA NWALA

ADIZUA OKOROAFOR

TOYO ABASI AKANIMOH JIMMY

LIKKO AL-BASHIR

OGECHI DURUAKU

MAGNUS ONWUKWE

ADAMMA ISAMADE

C. V. ODOEME

AISHA MOHAMMED

CHUKWUEMEKA UWA

QASSIM EGBEWOLE

NURATU UMAR

YAHAYA NDAKENE

OLUWATOFUNMI ISAAC ADULOJU

MOHAMMED ADELODU

ELEOJO MITCHELL MUSA

AUGUSTA UCHECHUKWU UZU

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MONITORING COMMITTEE

The committee is constituted as follows:

ADEBAYO MUTALUBI OJO, SAN (CHAIRMAN);

EDDY CLEMENT OKHAIGBE (ALTERNATE CHAIRMAN)

AUGUSTINE NWABUEZE ESEAGU (SECRETARY)

TIMOTHY EMEJE

ABASS ABUBAKAR AKINBOLADE

OBIOMA EZENWOBODO

JOHN MAYOKUN DADA

IDRIS ABAYOMI SHEHU

HARCOURT EKPE JOHN

TOLANI RAFIU

EMMANUEL OGBAGA

ROBERT IDIGU

AHMED KHALIL

SADIQ UMAR MADAKI

DARLINGTON NWAFOR

MARK O. FESSE

RIDWAN SADIQ

EKEZIE ONUMAJULU

FELIX IKPO

NATHALIA ODIDIKA

EYIBIO OKON

HELEN FALOWO

EMMANUEL OKOROJI

BEN OJI

EMMANUEL ORIAZUWA

BELLO IDRIS GALADI

PULINE TERFA

POWEDEI AKUNA

BENEDICT ABUGU

ABILA SAMUEL

UMAR ASHO

MUSTAPHA ALIHAJI BILA

OGBA CHUKWUEMEKA

SUNNY OKORO

HARUNA DONGARA BIJIMI

NSON SHALOM CHRIS

KAYODE ADELERU

FALODUN OLUWAFEMI GABRIEL

HUDU RABI YAHAYA

REMIGIUS CHINEDU OKOLI

 

LPDC RULES WATCH COMMITTEE

The committee is constituted as follows:

CHARLES AJUYAH, SAN (Chairman)

SHARIF NDASULE (Alternate Chair)

CHINEDU OBIENU (Secretary)

KINGSLEY CHIDOZIE OGUNJI

JOSHUA ELIMALI USMAN

SANTOS OWOOTORI

OKWUDILI ANOZIE

NOBIS ELENDU

CHRISTIAN AYEMERE

JOSEPH EMENG

EMMANUEL EKPUDA

ADEOLA FOLARIN

OGHENERO OKORO

EZIWANNE ANASTACIA OKAFOR

SAFIYYAH U MOHAMMAD

IBRAHIM ADEDO

JAMILA HASSANA ABDULAHI

NANA GANKI

FATIMA USMAN ABDULRAMAN

SIMON OGEDENGBE

 

LEGAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The committee is constituted as follows:

DAMILOLA OLAWUYI, SAN (CHAIR),

KAMAL DAWUD (ALTERNATE CHAIR),

PROF KINGSLEY OKORIE

JONATHAN EKPERUSI (SECRETARY)

FOLASADE ABIODUN (ALTERNATE SECRETARY)

KATHLEEN OKAFOR SAN

NNAMDI ADUBA

IBRAHIM DANJUMA

MATTHEW ANUSIEM

PAULINE TARFA

FELIX AMADI

DAYO ASHONIBARE

JAMIU ISIAKA ISIAKA

GBEMIGA ADARAMOLA

RUQAYYAH ABDULAZIZ

PROF NATHANIEL INEGBEDION

RABI USMAN

NNAEMEKA OTAGBURUAGU

TONY ETUVATA

PRINCESS FRANCA IGWELA

EMMANUEL OLOWONONI

ADIZA ALLI

JUSTICE UCHECHUKWU JOHN

OZIOMA SOLUDO

 

PROTECTION OF LEGAL BUSINESSES COMMITTEE

The committee is constituted as follows:

MR GEORGE ETOMI, SAN (CHAIRMAN)

OLUSEGUN FABUNMI, SAN (ALTERNATE CHAIRMAN),

JUBRIL ALI (SECRETARY)

ONYEKA OBIAJULU (ALTERNATE SECRETARY)

JOSEPH AGU,

LUQMAN SALMAN

CHUKWUEMEKA OKORO

OLAYIWOLA AFOLABI SAN

KAMAL FAGBEMI

MUYIWA BALOGUN

UMAR ADAMU ALIYU

NGOZI IGBO

BABATUNDE ADEWUSI

AHMED SANI BAWA

NKEIRU UMEH

ABDULMUTALLAB ISAQ BELLO

JANE ADA AMADI

OLUWASEUN SHOFOLUWE

KARREN BITTO

FRANCISCA-LYDA E. EZENAGU

DEMOLA IKUJUNI

ABANGWU UCHE UZOARU

SOGBA QUEENTH EPELLE

ISHAKA ABDUL KARIM

BEDE NWOSU

The NBA congratulates all appointees and looks forward to their contributions toward advancing professional excellence in Nigeria.

Sincerely,

 

BRIDGET EDOKWE

PUBLICITY SECRETARY

Bridget Edokwe

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