Prof Ernest Ojukwu, SAN has called on Nigerian Lawyers and the Legal profession to reflect on their roles as we celebrate Nigeria at 57.
Prof Ojukwu while felicitating with all Nigerians on the celebration of our 57 years of independence, said that lawyers and the legal profession hold the key to the solution of many Nigeria’s problems and that it was time for a serious reflection on the profession’s roles so far.
Ojukwu raised issues concerning the dwindling public trust on the legal profession, election process, corruption, access to justice, justice education, rule of law and executive lawlessness , good governance, accountability, human rights ignorance, hate speeches and hate, mass unemployment, treatment of the vulnerable group including children, young persons, women, the poor, the physically and mentally challenged, Legislature’s insensitivity and enactment of bad laws, failure of the implementation of the freedom of information Act, and independence of the Judiciary.
He said that the continued failure to tackle these issues will continue to retard the Nation and that Lawyers are best placed to rise and see that these problems are confronted and dealt with urgently.
Prof Ojukwu prayed for unity, peace, economic growth, good governance for the Nation.
