Imagine the statement attributed to the President of the
Bar:
“The NBA President stated this while lamenting on the abuse
of social media by young lawyers to castigate and deride senior
colleagues and exposing the profession to disrepute on a speech he
presented to the National Executive Committee of the Association
NEC, at a meeting currently holding in Ilorin Kwara
State.”
The NBA President stated;
“Just a couple of days ago a young lawyer went to the media to
accuse me and the NBA of theft of his art work and presenting it to
President Muhammadu Buhari without his knowledge or consent.”
“This allegation was very irresponsible and exposed the
association to ridicule. It is unacceptable. We will be taking
appropriate disciplinary action on that.”
Above is a report by online legal blog, Court Room Mail on the
position of the NBA President at the recent NEC meeting.
MY REACTION:
Why should our President threaten to sanction a lawyer for
seeking redress against the association over what he believes is an
infringement on his intellectual property, rightly or wrongly? Let
them go ahead and sanction him and let’s see.
That was how they constituted a committee to be monitoring
junior lawyers who are “insulting” their seniors on social media.
This Bar leadership is testing the will of young Nigerian lawyers.
When people begin to revolt, those issuing threats today will not
be able to control it.
Seniority has been weaponised in the legal profession and it is
offensive. The inequality and discrimination are totally repulsive.
The arrogance is getting out of hands. I paid my NBA Branch dues
yesterday and I cannot think of any useful benefit that I will
derive from it. The NBA does not represent the entire legal
profession, it represents a select few.
The NBA is now ‘Senior Lawyers Forum’. What is the business of
our President with the comments made by lawyers on social media?
Where in the RPC can support be found for it? Is the NBA trying to
legislate respect?
This is a very scandalous and shameful attribution to the
President of the Bar. I hope he was misquoted.
Which of the many problems faced by young lawyers in Nigeria has
been addressed effectively by the much touted Brave New Bar
leadership? Mr Mahmoud SAN is playing a dangerous gamble by
assuming that young lawyers in Nigeria are pawns that can be
deprecated and attacked without consequences.
As a young lawyer in Nigeria, I completely and vehemently
condemn the offensive statement attributed to the NBA President.
We, young lawyers in Nigeria, have already suffered enough hardship
in this profession. We will resist any attempt by anybody to
legislate our suffering. Those who think that we are useless and
powerless should watch their actions before it is too late. No
young lawyer will be intimidated.
If the current leadership of the Bar is bereft of progressive
and positive ideas, the honourable step is resignation.
The continued stigmatisation and dehumanization of young lawyers
in Nigeria must end. The Bar leadership seems to be laying the
foundation for a revolution by young lawyers in Nigeria.
My name is Inibehe Effiong. I am a young Nigerian
lawyer.
Imagine the statement attributed to the President of the
Bar:
“The NBA President stated this while lamenting on the abuse
of social media by young lawyers to castigate and deride senior
colleagues and exposing the profession to disrepute on a speech he
presented to the National Executive Committee of the Association
NEC, at a meeting currently holding in Ilorin Kwara
State.”
The NBA President stated;
“Just a couple of days ago a young lawyer went to the media to
accuse me and the NBA of theft of his art work and presenting it to
President Muhammadu Buhari without his knowledge or consent.”
“This allegation was very irresponsible and exposed the
association to ridicule. It is unacceptable. We will be taking
appropriate disciplinary action on that.”
Above is a report by online legal blog, Court Room Mail on the
position of the NBA President at the recent NEC meeting.
MY REACTION:
Why should our President threaten to sanction a lawyer for
seeking redress against the association over what he believes is an
infringement on his intellectual property, rightly or wrongly? Let
them go ahead and sanction him and let’s see.
That was how they constituted a committee to be monitoring
junior lawyers who are “insulting” their seniors on social media.
This Bar leadership is testing the will of young Nigerian lawyers.
When people begin to revolt, those issuing threats today will not
be able to control it.
Seniority has been weaponised in the legal profession and it is
offensive. The inequality and discrimination are totally repulsive.
The arrogance is getting out of hands. I paid my NBA Branch dues
yesterday and I cannot think of any useful benefit that I will
derive from it. The NBA does not represent the entire legal
profession, it represents a select few.
The NBA is now ‘Senior Lawyers Forum’. What is the business of
our President with the comments made by lawyers on social media?
Where in the RPC can support be found for it? Is the NBA trying to
legislate respect?
This is a very scandalous and shameful attribution to the
President of the Bar. I hope he was misquoted.
Which of the many problems faced by young lawyers in Nigeria has
been addressed effectively by the much touted Brave New Bar
leadership? Mr Mahmoud SAN is playing a dangerous gamble by
assuming that young lawyers in Nigeria are pawns that can be
deprecated and attacked without consequences.
As a young lawyer in Nigeria, I completely and vehemently
condemn the offensive statement attributed to the NBA President.
We, young lawyers in Nigeria, have already suffered enough hardship
in this profession. We will resist any attempt by anybody to
legislate our suffering. Those who think that we are useless and
powerless should watch their actions before it is too late. No
young lawyer will be intimidated.
If the current leadership of the Bar is bereft of progressive
and positive ideas, the honourable step is resignation.
The continued stigmatisation and dehumanization of young lawyers
in Nigeria must end. The Bar leadership seems to be laying the
foundation for a revolution by young lawyers in Nigeria.
My name is Inibehe Effiong. I am a young Nigerian
lawyer.
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