NBA Urges Members To Shun Corruption

The Ijebu-Ode
branch of the Nigerian Bar Association Monday urged its members to avoid soiling  their hands with corrupt practices. The association advised  members to uphold the ethics of the profession to enable them retain their societal relevance.
Speaking with The Tide source in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun  State the branch Secretary-General, Mr. Taiwo Odumosu,  said the judiciary should remain  upright in order to maintain public  confidence.
Mr. Odumosu said lawyers would reduce corruption by strictly adhering to the ethnics  of  the profession.
“We need always emphasise  the ethics  of our profession so that we can have a Bar that is more  responsive to the societal plight”, he said.
He noted that an unbiased interpretation of law was the common man’s last hope.
According to him, “corruption becomes in the Bar when lawyers hike service fees or lauder money for  their client.
The Secretary-General said to avoid the extinction of the profession, the association would encourage those who studied other profession to go into law.
Odumosu noted, “the knowledge of law will ensure we have a better society. I will encourage all the faculties of law of our universities  to ensure that they inculcate ethics into their teaching”.
On the strike by the Judiciary  Staff  Union of Nigeria, he said, “if we need progress in this  contry, government at all levels must always respect the decisions of the courts.”