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Nigerian Bar Association
TypeProfessional Association
PurposePromote legal professionalism
Location
  • Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
Official language
English
President
Mazi Afam Josiah Osigwe, SAN
General Secretary
Dr. Mobolaji Ojibara
Websitewww.nigerianbar.org.ng

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is a non-profit, umbrella professional association of lawyers admitted to the Bar by the Council of Legal Education in Nigeria. It is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance.[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]

The NBA is made up of 129 branches, three professional sections, two specialized institutes, and six practice-cadre forums.

Its National Secretariat is managed from Abuja. Its organizational structure comprises a National Executive Council, a National Officers/Management Board, sections, forums, committees, working groups and a National Secretariat with 54 staff as at June 2024.

The president of the Nigerian Bar Association is Afam Osigwe[3], SAN[4] and the General Secretary is Dr. Mobolaji Ojibara.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Nigerian Bar Association". Namati. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ^ "About NBA". Nigerian Bar Association. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  3. ^ Uzorka, Afam; Ajiji, Yakubu; Osigwe, Menwo Ukechi; Ben, Idoli Nwachukwu (16 December 2020). "An Investigation of the Teaching Needs of Faculty Members with regard to Technology". International Journal of Technology in Education and Science. 5 (1): 70–107. doi:10.46328/ijtes.152. ISSN 2651-5369.
  4. ^ "Nsugbe, Oba Eric, (born 23 Dec. 1962), QC 2002; a Recorder, since 1999; Senior Advocate, Nigeria, 2005", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, retrieved 7 October 2024
  5. ^ ahuchaoguizu (8 August 2020). "NBA General Secretary Elect Joyce Oduah(FICMC), Visits NBA First Female General Secretary". Nigeria News Today | True Tells Nigeria. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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