AGF calls for reform of legal profession

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has reiterated the need for ‘necessary regulations and review to refine the destiny’ of the legal profession.

He made this call while receiving the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) and the newly inaugurated NBA Legal Profession Regulation Review Committee (LPRRC) in his office recently.

He said there is a need for everyone to come together to shape the Nigerian legal profession avoiding corruption, promoting competence with a view to ensure the confidence associated with the legal profession is sustained. He added that there is need for lawyers to stop compromising the administration of justice.

The NBA president had while introducing the LPRRC said the NBA constituted the panel to look at the regulatory issues of the legal profession and also look at the state of the legal profession in order to come up with long lasting policies to revive the integrity of the profession.

He said the NBA under his administration plan to in redefine the path of the legal profession and if they do not do this, “we stand a risk of being swept away,” he said.

On the LPRRC, the Attorney General stated that the objective of the committee is a good one but must consider the Body of Benchers, Council of Legal Education, NBA, Supreme Court and all other key sectors of judicial reforms in attaining its objectives.

He said, “Lawyers must chant a cause that eliminates corruption in our society and we cannot have a system that deals with cash and carry of positions especially when it comes to giving judicial decisions.”