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Some executive officers of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have accused their President, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, of running a one-man show.
At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NBA which took place in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday, the executive officers took turns to detail how Maikyau sidelined them in the affairs of the association.
NBA National Treasurer, Caroline Anze-Bishop, disowned the presented financial statement, saying it was prepared without her input.
Anze-Bishop refused to adopt the financial report, saying she respects the Bar too much to sign off on unknown accounts.
She said that even as the Association’s National Treasurer, she is sidelined in the financial dealings of the body and, hence, would not sign off on the strange report.
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In his report to lawyers, 2nd Vice President Chukwuemeka Clement Ugo lamented being sidelined too by Maikyau despite his constitutional duties as acting president when the president was unavailable.
Ugo pleaded for empowerment of his office at the AGM, regarded as the NBA’s highest decision-making body.
Likewise, 3rd Vice President Mandy Asagba accused Maikyau of disregarding her office and enacting deliberate measures to render her position redundant. Asagba claimed the entire AGM and Annual General Conference planning excluded national officers.
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Law & Society Magazine had earlier reported that stakeholders within the Annual General Conference Planning Committee (AGCCPC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) were dissatisfied with the spending of N700 million in procuring conference bags, a customary feature of the AGC.
The report disclosed that the committee reportedly entered into an agreement to procure over 18,000 conference bags at a cost of about N334,800,000 (nearly $372,000).
The AGCCPC is a committee led by Afam Osigwe (SAN) and is tasked with shepherding the Annual General Conference (AGC) which began on August 25 and is expected to last till September 1.
