A foremost Law Teacher and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof Ernest Ojukwu, SANwelcomes all delegates to the 57th Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association taking place at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos from today, Friday 18th August, 2017.

This year’s AGC which is dubbed ‘African Business: Penetrating through Institution Building’has been packaged by the Technical Committee on Conference Planning in line with #ABraveNewBar vision of the A. B. Mahmoud led administration to be an intellectual festival which promises to bring together lawyers, business leaders, statesmen, innovators and other professionals in discussions on bridging the growth gap between the bar and the business world and promises to be a veritable platform for high level intellectual and social interactions.

Prof. Ojukwu popularly addressed as Teacher, who has served the Nigerian Bar Association in various capacities including as Director, NBA Institute of Continuing Legal Education particularly notes the importance of attending NBA Conferences as a requirement of fulfilling the requisite mandatory continuing legal education points in any given year, as provided for under the Rules of Professional Conduct of the legal profession in Nigeria and therefore encourages all delegates to take advantage of the world-class professional development opportunities afforded by the conference.

Prof Ojukwu wishes all conferees Godspeed to and from their various destinations in and outside Nigeria and looks forward to an engaging and truly memorable conference.

The Nigeria Lawyer