The Communications Minister, Barrister Abdur-Raheem Adebayo
Shittu has applauded the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for
the giant feat of striving to reform the practice of the legal profession
leveraging on Information Communication Technology (ICT), reports ITRealms.
Welcoming NBA President, A.B.Mahmoud and his team in his
office, the minister expressed delight over the resolve of the Association
to engage ICT in refining legal practice, saying advocacy and capacity building
are veritable means to make Nigerian lawyers more effective and efficient.
Shittu also pledged to support the forthcoming 2017 NBA
National Conference, saying that he will use his good offices to actualize the
objective of the conference by encouraging agencies under the supervision of
his ministry such as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and National
Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to give logistics support to
NBA for the conference.
The minister who promised to attend the conference billed
for Lagos between August 18 and 24, 2017, alongside lawyers in the
ministry and agencies under him, said he is proud to be one of the 11 versatile
lawyers that are current members of the 37 members Federal Executive Council.
The NBA President said the visit was an advocacy one and
also to seek support and cooperation for the conference of the minster and
agencies under the ministry, stressing that NBA is out to gather necessary
support for the success of the conference having contacted the Law Societies of
England and South Africa.
This year’s conference, he said focuses on development of
institutions of government, considering the various challenges the nation is
facing.
Other members in his entourage were; Prof Shehu Musa,
Ibrahim Abdullahi, Dafe Akpedeye SAN, Dr. Garba Tetengi SAN and Fatima Batulu
Mohammed.
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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