Nigerian Bar Association
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is a non-profit, umbrella professional association of lawyers admitted to the Bar by Counsil of Legal Education in Nigeria. It is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance in Nigeria.[1] The NBA has an observer status with the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, and a working partnership with many national and international non-governmental organizations concerned with similar goals in Nigeria and in Africa.[2]
Type | Professional Association |
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Purpose | Promote legal professionalism |
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Official language | English |
President | Y.C Maikyau, SAN |
General Secretary | Adesina Adegbite |
Website | www |
The NBA is made up of 125 branches, three professional sections, two specialized institutes, six practice-cadre forums, and high-level leverage in the political society in Nigeria.
Its National Secretariat is managed from Abuja. Its organizational structure comprises a National Executive Committee, a National Officers/Management Board, sections, forums, committees, working groups and a National Secretariat with a manpower strengthening of 34 staff as at June 2010.
The current president of the Nigerian Bar Association is Yakubu Maikyau. and the current General Secretary is Adesina Adegbite.[3]