3.2 Enhancement of earning capacity (cont’d).
Our administration will apply the highest level of vigilance in monitoring all forms of invasions into our territory. Fundamentally, we will operate under a principle of protectionism that would aim to preserve exclusivity to the legal profession in Nigeria.
My view is that we need to invest much more in professional development and standards of service delivery before we can consider any form of liberalisation. This approach will be
adopted in our conversations regarding the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and advances by other Bar Associations regarding mutual recognition of qualifications.
We will focus on professional capacity development of our members through our Continuing Legal Education programmes to guarantee quality service by our members, in order to justify the space taken back by us and prepare members to compete favourably in the global legal market.
3.3. NBA Employment Bureau
I understand that not all lawyers are desirous to venture into the practice of law in the traditional private legal practice or join private corporate organisations or the Public Bar.
We will establish an NBA Employment Bureau that will be saddled with the responsibility of interacting/interfacing with Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) both at the Federal, State and Local Government levels, including the Armed Forces, Police and other paramilitary organisations, to seek placements for our members.
Apart from securing employments for our members, this is one sure way of positioning our members in strategic sectors and offices whilst enabling some of the best resource persons to man the affairs of the State, and that will cause the much-desired socio-economic change for Nigerians in the
long term.
This strategy is directly connected with the appreciation of our primary responsibilities as agents of socio-economic change and the need to unleash our potentials in the efforts to recover, reform and reposition the Nigerian State.The proposed NBA Employment Bureau will liaise with our members for proper guidance/placement in their quest for employment.
This will be so for those seeking to be employed either in public service or private
enterprises. The relevant information that will be elicited from such members seeking employment will play an important role in developing training programmes by the ICLE to help prepare members for employment in their chosen career path.
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*To be continued.
