The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, is a pillar of democracy in view of the pivotal role of the legal profession in ensuring order and justice in the polity, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has declared.
The president made the declaration on Saturday in a congratulatory statement to the new president of the NBA, Mr. Olumide Akpata.
He added that the National Assembly and particularly the Senate looked forward to working with the NBA under its new leadership in strengthening the rule of law and administration of justice in Nigeria.
He added: “The need for cooperation between the National Assembly and the NBA is even more cogent now in the light of the impending process of constitutional amendment on which the designated parliamentary committee is poised to go full blast as soon as Parliament resumes from the current recess.
“We at the National Assembly will count on the inputs of members of the public and in particular the respected members of the bar in the efforts to finetune our constitution.”
Lawan, while congratulating Akpata on his election, said it was obvious that the new president and his team had “convinced their learned colleagues that they possess the experience, integrity and capacity to lead their revered Association and must now strive to live up to the high expectations.”
The Senate president enjoined the new NBA leaders to continue to promote the tenets of their noble profession for the good of the country.
