The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has fixed Thursday at 10am for the Manifesto Day and Presidential Debate of candidates in the NBA’s national elections holding on July 16.
The event will be held at the Auditorium NBA House, Plot 1101 Cadastral Zone Central Business District, Abuja FCT.
ECNBA chairman Richard Ayodele Akintunde, SAN, and Secretary Mabel Ekeke disclosed this in a statement obtained by The Nation yesterday.
“Ahead of the event, members are enjoined to send their question(s) to info@ecnba.ng. Please note that the link for virtual participation will be circulated in due course,” they added.
Fifty-three candidates have been cleared to contest and over 60,000 lawyers are eligible to vote.
According to official entries, the number of lawyers produced in the country was 197,105 as of July 2021.
The positions being contested for, according to the ECNBA, include President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President, 3rd Vice-President, General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary, Treasurer, Welfare Secretary, Publicity Secretary, Ass. Publicity Secretary and General Council of the Bar.
For the President, the candidates are Gadzama Joe-Kyari, SAN, Maikyau Yakubu, SAN and Taidi Jonathan, while the 1st Vice-President contestants are Bala Linda, Bawa Yakubu and Liman Salihu.
Candidates for the post of 2nd Vice-President are Abonyi Gerald, Chukwuemeka Clement and Nosike Damian while Asagba Justina and Ogbah Isaac as contestants are for 3rd Vice-President.
For General Secretary, those to face the voters are Adegbite Adesina, Asenoguan Osamuede, Ogiegbaen Callistus and Yamah Desmond, while Aka Oluwaseun, Balogun Dhikrullah, Kip Daniel and Oseme Peremene are to slug it out for the Assistant General Secretary post.
The Treasurer has Adeogun Funmilola, Anze-Bishop Caroline and Balarabe Safiya as contestants, while Welfare Secretary will have Adaramola Gbemiga, Aniekwena Ben, Auta Nyada, Obasi Chinyere and Ugwuoke Ikechukwu slug it out for the post.
The Publicity Secretary position will see Emoghwanre Ogaga and Lawal Akorede battle each other at the poll; while the Assistant Publicity Secretary post will be contested for by Ajiboye Charles and Nwoye Akachukwu.
For the General Council of the Bar, 22 candidates were listed.
On June 24, the ECNBA assured candidates and voters of fairness, adding that it would stick to the constitution in treating complaints.
To this end, please use the following [https://bit.ly/ecnbamanifestoday] to register if you would be attending physically. All question(s) may be sent in advance to info@ecnba.ng
Meanwhile, for all those that would be attending the event virtually, find below the links for virtual participation https://www.ecnba.ng/live ; https://bit.ly/ecnbalive
