By Halimah Olamide
The Attorney General of the Federation designate, Lateef Fagbemi has demanded from the Nigerian Bar Association, a proposal for reforms of the country’s laws.
Fagbemi made the request when the leadership of the NBA paid him a courtesy visit.
The association’s president Mr. Yabubu Chonoko Maikyau led the team on the visit.
A statement by Habeeb Akorede, National Publicity Secretary of the association which was made available to the NPO Reports, quoted Maikyau as saying that Fagbemi is the appropriate candidate for the position of Nigeria’s next Minister of Justice.
The statement quoted the President as expressing “the excitement of many lawyers about his appointment. Mr. Maikyau pledged the support of the NBA as Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN assumes office as the new Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation.”
While responding, Prince Fagbemi SAN expressed his appreciation to the NBA President and his team for the visit. He remarked that it gives him a lot of comfort, knowing that he has the support of the Bar. He then called upon the NBA President to present to the office of the Attorney General the NBA’s official position on law reforms and areas of improvement for the Judiciary.
The NBA President was accompanied on the visit by the Alternate Chairperson of the 2023 NBA Annual General Conference Planning Committee, Mrs Oyikan Badejo, who chose the occasion to brief the incoming Minister of Justice of the forthcoming Annual General Conference which commences on Friday, 25 August, 2023 in Abuja.