How can you say you don’t expect anyone who can’t afford it to come, when you know that attending the conference is a requirement for certain things? Went ahead to further state that the fees will never come down? Yeah, that’s not my candidate.
Tbh, I can’t ever get over her reply to that question, and I don’t think any rebranding can salvage it. It was a terrible reply, and she should’ve known better.
BOLD ENOUGH TO THINK LAWYERS HAVE SHORT MEMORIES
With all due respect to Mrs. Oyinkansola, SAN @MrsBBold
The disappointment from your Conference has not faded. It lingers and it stings, and no amount of rebranding from “headquarters” and political influencers like @ChidiOdinkalu can rewrite what we experienced with you as a leader.
You were given a rare opportunity to present leadership to the entire Bar, to show vision, direction and empathy. You were allowed, quite frankly, to market yourself to Nigerians by ALL MEANS necessary.
The 2024 AGC that was once the pride of the Bar felt diminished, less accessible, less organised, and far removed from the standard we knew. For many lawyers, the reported increase in fees became a deliberate exclusion and barrier to general participation. Those who could not afford it were effectively excluded, and your response to lawyers’ outcry was so Cold and uncomfortably familiar to the same kind of treatment we often criticise in Nigerian government.
Your type of exclusion can be likened to the Cold words of Mavo, “No more way for poor people.”
Who is the Bar for, if a significant number of its members (young or old, male or female) are priced out of participation? I will not dress it up ma. I will call it what it is: Cold Classism.
An AGC that has now been widely described as the most poorly organized in the history of NBA was made even more inaccessible to the very people it is meant to serve. But this is bigger than just an AGC price increase. What kind of Bar do you intend to build? For Lawyers you don’t care about!? Recent experience with your leadership matters. It gives us insight into what future leadership may look like. Decisions taken in moments of responsibility, not in a far past but in preparation for your declaration of interest, reveal more than campaign promises ever can.
Ma, that AGC was your campaign…and the message is CLEAR and Cold.
Our elders often tell us stories of a time when things were better in Nigeria, when systems worked, when leadership carried dignity, when “everything” was free. But strikingly, even we as relatively young lawyers already find ourselves telling our own “glory days” stories in the profession to new wigs. Stories of how we paid only ₦7,500 a year before yours, when participation felt possible, when the AGC felt like it belonged to more of us, we had better conference experience and returned home with AGC bags and wonderful memories. The contrast with the present reality is no longer abstract; it is lived, AND IT IS IN THIS CONTEXT THAT YOUR CANDIDACY IS BEING CONSIDERED.
This is leadership that has been tested with power RECENTLY. And yet, here you are, feigning ignorance of your recent coldness but bold enough to promise us a better Bar! Ma, I ask again: Are you really Bold to lead, or Cold enough to exclude?
Bold to build the Bar?
Or boldly and dangerously… Cold enough to show us the way out!?
The experience at the 2024 AGC should not be dismissed or forgotten, not out of hostility, but out of responsibility. Because if we overlook recent realities, we risk making decisions without reflection.
In the end, this is bigger than any one individual. It is about the future of our Bar. And so the question is not just who we support, but why.
What qualities should matter most in choosing the next NBA President? That is the question every lawyer must answer thoughtfully before they choose and Vote wisely.
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