Nigerian Bar Association’s Annual General Conference begins today on !9 August 2022 and will run through the week until August 26, 2022. The Nigerian Bar Association will host the conference at Eko Atlantic City, Lagos State.
The collection of conference materials by delegates will begin at 4:00 PM today and end on Tuesday, August 23, at 6:00 PM.
The chairman of the NBA-AGC Technical Committee, Tobenna Erojikwe, said there is an adequate arrangement for all delegates to participate fully in the event. The conference is themed ‘Bold Transitions.’
On Monday, August 22, Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, will share insights and propose solutions to Nigeria’s energy and revenue challenges.
He will speak during a session titled, ‘Energy Transitions, Revenue Challenges for the Nigerian Federation,’ between 12:45 PM and 2:00 PM, identifying the underlying challenges bedevilling the nation’s revenue and energy sectors and proffering feasible solutions to the problems.
The governor will, at the session, chart paths towards enhancing fiscal administration, increasing revenue and reducing waste in government expenditure, and share insights on improving the nation’s energy sector and attaining sustainable power supply using the state’s novel Ossiomo Power Project. This 95MW facility now powers government offices, hospitals, and streetlights, among others, in the Benin metropolis.
The event organisers say, “The conference will assemble thought leaders in justice delivery, technology, the economy, politics, judicial reforms, human rights and the rule of law.
“This year’s conference is expected to have no less than 13,000 delegates in attendance, including lawyers, magistrates and justices of all the superior courts of record in Nigeria, businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and political leaders from within and outside Nigeria.
Further, they noted: “Discussions at the conference will focus on the need for the legal profession to engage boldly with global evolutionary trends. They will comprise over 30 technical sessions where experts will lead conversations primarily aimed at envisioning the legal profession’s future within the context of a rapidly transiting world and business environment, triggered in part by the revolutionary exploits and expressions of technology and the historic coronavirus pandemic.”
The organisers added: “The conference will address the impact of the rapid changes on fundamental socio-political and economic issues, including but not limited to the rule of law, access to justice, independence and self-sustainability of the judicial arm of government.
“It presents legal practitioners in Nigeria with a unique opportunity to interrogate issues affecting the profession and society and continue to seek innovative ways of advancing justice delivery and providing value-adding legal solutions to their clients and the environment within which members of the association operate.”
