Yesterday, I visited the Lagos State Ministry of Justice and spoke directly with staff and lawyers there.
Government lawyers are full, fee-paying members of this Association. They show up to court. They draft legislation. They advise the state. They do the work. And yet the NBA Constitution prevents most of them from holding elective office in their own Association.
The Red Stamp policy treats them differently from colleagues in private practice with no justification. Grade Level 12 as a Federal Civil Service entry point for lawyers remains undelivered. A pension framework for those who have given decades to public service barely exists.
These are not afterthoughts in my manifesto.
They are commitments with specific delivery mechanisms, elimination of the Red Stamp policy, removal of barriers to elective office, a dedicated Section for Government Legal Advisers, Grade Level 12 advocacy, and a pension framework built in partnership with relevant authorities.
To every colleague at the Ministry of Justice who gave time to that conversation yesterday, your questions were among the sharpest I have faced on this campaign. That tells me the issues are real and the stakes are understood.
Saturday 18 July 2026. Your vote matters.
Vote LOA. Elevate the Bar.
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Distinguished Colleagues,
For far too many members of this Association, the annual payment of the Bar Practising Fee has been an exercise in institutional obligation without a corresponding experience of institutional value. The question that too many lawyers ask but rarely say aloud is: what, precisely, does my BPF get me?
Under an LOA presidency, that question has twelve specific answers.
One: Free digital stamp and seal for all members on payment of the BPF, with permanent migration to a secure digital imprint stamp that eliminates the logistical failures of the current physical distribution system.
Two: Free access to Law Pavilion, the New Weekly Law Reports, and electronic law reports for all lawyers of zero to ten years at the Bar, removing a significant recurring cost of practice from the members who can least absorb it.
Three: Reactivation of the N1.5 billion single-digit interest rate loan scheme, with improved accessibility, clearer eligibility criteria, and an Islamic finance option for members who require non-interest arrangements.
Four: Increase in the NBA life insurance payout from N2 million to N4 million in the event of death or complete incapacitation, with corresponding upward reviews for terminal illness and partial incapacitation.
Five: Free qualitative training through the NBA-ICLE, with at least seven CPD hours available free to young lawyers every month.
Six: A comprehensive NBA member application, NBA One, modelled on the International Bar Association's member platform, through which every member can interface with the Secretariat and conduct all NBA activities.
Seven: Free NBA Journal for all financial members on payment of the BPF.
Eight: A health insurance scheme open to all members, with twenty members per branch covered at no cost each year and a minimum additional health fund investment of N20 million.
Nine: Free Annual General Conference attendance for members who are seventy years and above, excluding Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
Ten: A twenty per cent reduction in conference fees for young lawyers.
Eleven: A national mentorship scheme for young lawyers, structured across three tracks: one-to-one mentorship pairing, group and speed mentorship, and the Law Firm Mentorship Initiative providing institutional guidance between established firms and start-up practices.
Twelve: Five per cent of the NBA's annual income set aside for career development, scholarships, and sponsorships specifically targeting young lawyers.
Each of these commitments is drawn directly from the published LOA manifesto. Each has a delivery mechanism. Each has a funding basis. None of them are new ideas that appeared only in election season. They are the coherent welfare programme of a candidate who understands what NBA membership should feel like.
Membership in the NBA should not feel like a tax. Under LOA, it will feel like belonging to an institution that is genuinely working for you.
Vote LOA. 18 July 2026.
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