Prof Ernest Ojukwu SAN (Teacher) calls on the Nigerian Bar Association, the Federal and State Governments to radically support the Law Officers Association of Nigeria – LOAN as sustainable umbrella association of Law Officers in Nigeria in her commitment to delivering justice, the highest standard of integrity, honour in the legal profession, the promotion of justice sector reform, and the promotion of the welfare and wellbeing of law officers in Nigeria.
Teacher noted that it was heart warming to listen to the NBA President AB Mahmoud SAN, who chaired the opening ceremony of the 2nd Annual National Law Officers conference today at Abuja announce the support of the NBA to LOAN and other lawyers in the public service for better welfare and emoluments.
Teacher had back on 30th August 2016 stated publicly that the Bar has not supported its members who work in the Ministries and advised that “there is no reason why the Bar should not fight for better emoluments for its members in the Ministry of Justice and other agencies particularly now that we expect so much from them in the fight against corruption”.
In his press statement, Ojukwu also said that the time is now for NBA to strongly be in the fore front for our law officers and also remove the dichotomy existing between our law officers and other members of the NBA so that law officers can exercise their full rights of membership of the Bar including right to be elected into offices of the Bar.
He opined that law officers are in the heart of administration of justice in the country and no kind of reform of the justice sector will take root unless we make law officers interests, welfare, rights, standard, competence, commitment and role a priority in our scheme of challenges in Nigeria.
He thanked and congratulated the Law officers for the apt theme of their conference that addresses “Re-engineering the Law officers sector for the effective administration of Justice in Nigeria” and sponsors of the conference like UNODC.
