Buhari Approves Appointment Of DG Legal Aid Council

President Muhammed Buhari (GCFR) has approved the appointment of
a new Director – General for the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria in
the person of Barrister Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar.

A press release signed by the Head, Press Unit of the Legal Aid
Council of Nigeria, Barr. Jessica Mamven, reveals that Abubakar has
on Monday, 21st January, 2019, taken over the mantle of leadership
of the council from the Acting DG, Mr. Tunde Ikusagba, who is also
the council’s Director, Criminal Justice.

Mamven who revealed that the new DG is an indigene of Kebbi
State and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Usmanu Danfodio
University, Sokoto in 1987, was called to bar in 1988 after
attending the Nigerian Law School in Lagos from 1987 to 1988.

Barr. Abubakar who before now, she said had been into private
legal practice as the founder and Principal Partner, Falalah Law
Chambers, is also said to be a member of the Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA) as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria (FCILRM).

“He did his National Youth Service with the defunct Companies
Registry, Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry and was
subsequently employed by the Federal Civil Service Commission as an
Assistant Registrar of Companies in 1989. Mr. Abubakar transferred
his services to the National Insurance Corporation (NICON) – in
Lagos where he rose to become a Senior Management staff before the
privatization of the agency in 2005”, she said.