Law/Judiciary
NBA Inaugurates Six Storey Building In Victoria Island
The Nigerian Bar Asso
ciation said it has inaugurated its six storey, fully serviced house on the Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday last week.
A statement by the association quoted the NBA President, Mr. Okey Wali as saying that the house was built through a build, operate and transfer agreement, which the association entered into with Stablini Visioni Limited, a company owned by Mr. Wale Babalakin.
According to the statement land on which the house now stands was undeveloped for a long times, Wali commended Babalakin who he described as the pride of the legal profession, for the role he played in turning the place around.
He said, “I must thank our colleague,in Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), for what he has done I putting this up in collaboration with the NBA. I thank Wali for the he has put into this”.
Responding, Babalakin observed that the dream would have remained unrealised but for Wali’s determination and doggedness in creating an access path to it.
Babalakin also thanked the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Dr. Tahir Mamman and the Chairman of the Council of Legal Education, Hon. O.C.J. Okocha (SAN) for granting access to the new building through the law school premises.
He said, “This building was land locked. The only way we could go in was we creating the access you see now. And with Wali’s determination and the support of the Director General of Law School and the chairman of Council of Legal Education, it was made possible.
“He (Wali) came to Lagos specifically on a number of occasions, and I recollect with great appreciation and sometimes nostalgia how we walked round this premises, not once, not twice, when we were trying to identify the entering into the building.
“In the same vein, I want to have our incoming president, Mr. Augustine Alegeh (SAN), who is here today and who has just won a very convincing victory. I have no doubt he has the capacity, he has the mental fortitude and he has the determination to push the NBA to the next level.
Others who witnessed the ceremony were the incoming General Secretary of the NBA, Mr. Atam Osigwe, National Treasurer, Joyce Oduah, a former General Secretary, Obi Okwusogu (SAN) and an executive committee, Mr. Osita Okoro.