Ota Bar Chair, Isaac Ogbah Condemns Udemezue’s Rotation of NBA Presidency
The Nigerian Bar Association will sometime this year return to the ballot to choose a new set of national leaders. The two-year tenure of the Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN’s) administration, which began in 2018, will come to an end this year. The Presidency of the NBA has been zoned to the South-West and the contenders include Dr. Babatunde Ajibade (SAN), Mr. Dele Adesina (SAN), a former Chairman of the NBA Section on Business Law, Mr Olumide Akpata; and a former Chairman of the NBA Ikeja branch, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana.
The Chairman of the NBA Ota Branch, Mr. Isaac Ogbah, has responded to Mr. Sylvester Udemezue’s personal views that the NBA Presidency is not for only Lawyers from EDO State, because 8 States make the NBA’s Western Zone.
Mr. Sylvester Udemezue in his articles circulated online some hours ago had suggested that, by virtue of Articles 3(11) and 9 (3) of the Constitution of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), 2015, as amended in 2019 and Part 2.1 (e) of the Second Schedule thereto, any candidate coming out from Edo State for NBA Presidency is contesting in violation of the law governing NBA National Elections.
Udems wrote that, “It is not only EDO Lawyers that are capable of leading the NBA. There are competent hands within all other states in the western zone of Nigeria.
In his reaction, Isaac Ogbah, the NBA Ota Branch chairman asked, that, “In 2014, “was NBA President’s position ROTATED to Edo/Mid West Bar, or SAME WAS CONTESTED FOR, the agreement for Rotation having been rejected by the powers that be and the various contestants during that election?”
He said, “The present constitution having come into operation after the said election, should we make the rotation retroactive in nature?”
Isaac Ogbah reminded Udems that, “there exists an unwritten rotational agreement between the North and South Presidency in NIGERIA”, “what is now the arrangement between the 8 States that makes the Western Zone of the NBA?”
If you have read the communique that was issued in respect of the December 14th meeting held in Ibadan where 2020 was zoned to Ondo/Ekiti; 2026 zoned to Osun/Oyo state and 2032 zoned to Ogun/Lagos, “WAS THERE ANYTHING SAID ABOUT EDO/DELTA STATES?”
Isaac Ogbah asked the question: Who has the powers to determine which state/states has the prerogative to produce the next NBA President?
Granted that we have other states that has qualified lawyers “should that be a reason Edo state should be singled out for vilification?”
He said, perhaps our dear revered Udems should also give us the criteria used in the adoption process, not only for the states to produce the next President but also the rationale used in the adoption process.
Let the leaders of Mid-West Bar Forum and Egbe Amofin come together and deliberate effectively on this rotation issue. Until that is done, let the best candidate win.
To paint a clear picture, the candidate who will best serve your interest as a Nigerian lawyer, protects the interest of young lawyers and curbs the oppressive omnipotence of senior lawyers, is your ideal candidate.
Isaac Ogbah
Chairman, NBA Ota Branch
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