Legal Updates

NBA-INEC PRO BONO SERVICES

Published

1 year ago

February 13, 2023

Stella Charles Akupue

NBA-INEC PRO BONO SERVICES

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Distinguished Colleagues,

In a meeting between the NBA President, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau OON, SAN and the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, held on Thursday, 9 February 2023, to discuss the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the NBA President pledged the NBA’s support to INEC in the conduct of free, fair, credible, inclusive and verifiable elections emphasizing that we the legal profession] owe Nigerians the duty of enthusiastic participation in all election processes.

In furtherance of our commitment to support INEC as indicated above, the NBA is setting up a team of lawyers to provide pro bono services to INEC for the handling of electoral matters, including the prosecution of electoral offences arising from the 2023 general elections. Therefore, we call on interested members of the NBA to submit expressions of interest (EOI) for providing pro bono services to INEC under the NBA-INEC pro bono Services Scheme. The EOI should highlight your experience with electoral matters and contain the following information;

Name
Branch
Supreme Court Number
Letter of Good Standing from your branch (Chairman)
Evidence of involvement in electoral matters

NBA-INEC PRO BONO SERVICES

Kindly submit all EOIs to your branch Chairman, who will collate and submit all applications from the branch in a single email to barservices@nigerianbar.org.ng. Branch Chairmen are to turn in the collated applications by Friday, 17 February 2023, with the title “Expression of Interest for the NBA-INEC Pro bono Scheme: [Name of Branch]”.

Thank you.

Akorede Habeeb Lawal
National Publicity Secretary

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