Mr M.O. Ubani Inaugurated As The Chairman Of NBA Welfare Committee

Nigerian Bar Association President A. B. Mahmoud OON, SAN,
inaugurated several committees of the NBA on the 17th of July, 2017
in Abuja and one of the Committees is the Welfare Committee.

Recall that lawyers’ grouse with the NBA is on the issue of
welfare which to them has not been satisfactory.

The burden of formulating a pragmatic framework and blue print
on the issue of welfare lies squarely on these 11 man Committee
headed by the 2ND Vice President of NBA, Mr M.O. Ubani popularly
known as MOU.

The Secretary of the Committee is Mr Adegbite Adesina who is
currently the Welfare Officer of the national body. Incidentally,
the two key officers in the Committee were once Chairman and
Secretary respectively of NBA Ikeja between 2012 and 2014 during
which the branch experienced supersonic performance in all spheres
in terms of administration of the branch.

The burden of the welfare of over hundred thousand lawyers now
lies squarely on the shoulder of this committee. They mandate of
the committee includes formulation of a blue print/strategy on the
welfare of lawyers; to draw up an action plan for the
implementation of NBA Welfare blue print, to effectively look into
matters which include designing a nationwide insurance scheme which
is already in place and fine tune it to meet the current
expectations of legal practitioners.

Other mandates of the committee includes formulation of a sound,
pragmatic welfare package for young lawyers that will accommodate
matters of pupilage, remuneration, work ethics, and integration
into the legal profession and encourage specialization into the
various areas of practice; to effect where necessary, the
establishment of the Lawyers’ Cooperative Societies at the branch
levels of the NBA to help members overcome some financial burdens
and to implement the pension scheme and insurance scheme policies
as laid down by the Welfare Trust Foundation etc.

The Committee is expected to prepare and formulate a pragmatic
welfare package that will be approved by the National Executive
Committee and perhaps the agitations of lawyers especially the
young lawyers will cease when they begin to see practical steps
taken to address some of their welfare issues. The Constituency
awaits Ubani and his team which has only one year to deliver on the
committee’s mandate on how they will begin to act in the overall
interest of the lawyers in Nigeria.

Nigerian Bar Association President A. B. Mahmoud OON, SAN,
inaugurated several committees of the NBA on the 17th of July, 2017
in Abuja and one of the Committees is the Welfare Committee.

Recall that lawyers’ grouse with the NBA is on the issue of
welfare which to them has not been satisfactory.

The burden of formulating a pragmatic framework and blue print
on the issue of welfare lies squarely on these 11 man Committee
headed by the 2ND Vice President of NBA, Mr M.O. Ubani popularly
known as MOU.

The Secretary of the Committee is Mr Adegbite Adesina who is
currently the Welfare Officer of the national body. Incidentally,
the two key officers in the Committee were once Chairman and
Secretary respectively of NBA Ikeja between 2012 and 2014 during
which the branch experienced supersonic performance in all spheres
in terms of administration of the branch.

The burden of the welfare of over hundred thousand lawyers now
lies squarely on the shoulder of this committee. They mandate of
the committee includes formulation of a blue print/strategy on the
welfare of lawyers; to draw up an action plan for the
implementation of NBA Welfare blue print, to effectively look into
matters which include designing a nationwide insurance scheme which
is already in place and fine tune it to meet the current
expectations of legal practitioners.

Other mandates of the committee includes formulation of a sound,
pragmatic welfare package for young lawyers that will accommodate
matters of pupilage, remuneration, work ethics, and integration
into the legal profession and encourage specialization into the
various areas of practice; to effect where necessary, the
establishment of the Lawyers’ Cooperative Societies at the branch
levels of the NBA to help members overcome some financial burdens
and to implement the pension scheme and insurance scheme policies
as laid down by the Welfare Trust Foundation etc.

The Committee is expected to prepare and formulate a pragmatic
welfare package that will be approved by the National Executive
Committee and perhaps the agitations of lawyers especially the
young lawyers will cease when they begin to see practical steps
taken to address some of their welfare issues. The Constituency
awaits Ubani and his team which has only one year to deliver on the
committee’s mandate on how they will begin to act in the overall
interest of the lawyers in Nigeria.