NBA Abuja Branch (Unity Bar) Electoral Committee Releases Branch Elections Timetable Schedule
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja branch (Unity Bar) has released the timetable for the 2022 election of officers of the Unity Bar.
A circular EC/UB/ABJ/2022/- 02 dated 8th April, 2022 and signed by Olatunji Salawu Esq.(Chairman Electoral Committee) and Anthony Idoko Esq. (Secretary, Electoral Committee) which was made available to The Metro Lawyer (TML) news desk has the details of the elections schedule.
See below.
2022 BRANCH ELECTIONS SCHEDULE TIME-TABLE
| DATE | ACTIVITIES | TIME | VENUE |
| MONDAY, 11TH APRIL, 2022 – FRIDAY, 6TH MAY, 2022 | COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF NOMINATION FORMS | 8.00AM – 5.00PM (DAILY) | 3A, CHINGOLA STREET, WUSE ZONE 6, FCT, ABUJA. |
| FRIDAY, 6TH MAY, 2022 | COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF NOMINATION FORMS CLOSED | 4.00PM | 3A, CHINGOLA STREET, WUSE ZONE 6, ABUJA. |
| MONDAY, 9TH MAY, 2022 | OPENNING OF NOMINATION FORMS & SCREENING OF NOMINEES | FROM 10.00AM | TO BE COMMUNICATED |
| TUESDAY, 9TH MAY, 2022 | INTERIM PUBLICATION OF THE NAMES OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES FOR THE ELECTIONS [*] | 4.00PM | NBA UNITY BAR PUBLICITY PLATFORMS |
| TUESDAY, 9TH MAY, 2022 | PUBLICATION OF THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS’ LIST [**] | 6.00PM | NBA UNITY BAR PUBLICITY PLATFORMS |
| FRIDAY, 13TH MAY, 2022 | SUBMISSIONS OF CANDIDATES’ ELECRONIC COPY OF CURRICULUM VITAE AND MANIFESTOES CLOSED | 12.00 PM (MIDNIGHT) | E-MAIL: electoralcommittee@nbaunitybar.org; |
| TUESDAY, 17TH MAY, 2022 | a. APPEAL AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE ELECTORAL COMMITTEE ON DISQUALIFICATION OF ASPIRANT LAPSED.
b. COMPLAINTS & UPDATE OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS’ LIST CLOSED. |
6.00PM
6.00PM
|
BRANCH ELECTIONS APPEAL COMMITTEE
NBA ABUJA (UNITY BAR SECRETARIAT)
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| WEDNESDAY, 18TH MAY, 2022 | a. PUBLICATION OF FINAL LIST OF CLEARED CANDIDATES FOR THE ELECTIONS.
b. PUBLICATION OF CURRICULUM VITAE AND MANIFESTOES OF CANDIDATES |
6.00PM
6.00PM |
UNITY BAR PUBLICITY PLATFORMS
UNITY BAR ABUJA WEBSITE: nbaunitybar.org |
| FRIDAY, 20TH MAY, 2022 | PUBLICATION OF FINAL LIST OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS | 6.00PM | UNITY BAR PUBLICITY PLATFORMS |
| WEDNESDAY, 8TH JUNE, 2022 | ELECTION MANIFESTOES NIGHT | 6.00PM | ZOOM |
| THURSDAY, 9TH JUNE, 2022 | ELECTRONIC VOTING (e-Voting) | 8.00AM – 2.00PM | E -VOTING PLATFORM. |
NOTES:
* Subject to right of appeal by disqualified nominees/aspirants to the Branch Elections Appeal Committee. (Section 17 (5), Uniform Bye-Law).
** Any member who believes that he/she has met the requirements to be eligible to vote but whose name was omitted on the interim eligible voters’ list, may, within seven (7) days,from the date of the publication, complain with relevant evidence at the Branch Secretariat for verification of claims and amendment of the list.
