Malami inaugurates Bar Council, cautions NBA against isolation of members

The Minister of Justice, Abubarkar Malami, SAN. on Monday inaugurated the General Council of the Bar with a call on the leadership of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) not to isolate members.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Council inaugurated comprised of All the Attorneys General of the States, twenty members of the Nigerian Bar Association and the Attorney-General of the Federation who shall be the President of the Council as enunciated in the Section 1 (2)( a-c) of the Legal Practitioners Act 2004.

Malami said that the NBA serves as a vehicle for social conscience and therefore should not seek to isolate its members in government who are positioned to drive its success.