The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has disclosed that its 2026 Annual General Conference (AGC) will be hosted in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, if a democratically elected governor is in office at the time of the event.
Osigwe made the disclosure during his address to the over thirty thousand lawyers that gathered in the capital city of Enugu for the 2025 Annual General Meeting.
The Association he restated, remains committed to upholding democracy, constitutionalism, and good governance, hence the choice of Port Harcourt is tied to the assurance that the state will be under democratic leadership.
It would be recalled that the NBA-AGC 2025 was earlier scheduled to be held in Port Harcourt but was relocated to Enugu in response to the unconstitutional removal of the legitimately elected government in Rivers State and the imposition of a sole administrator, in violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
That’s a positive development—hosting the 2026 NBA conference in Port Harcourt would not only spotlight the city but also signal confidence in its stability and governance.