AGF, NBA President call on prosecutors to fight corruption

Th e Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, and President, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),Abubakar Mahmud SAN, have called on law offi cers to fi ght against corruption. Th e duo made the call at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Annual General Conference (AGC) for Law Offi cers, organised by Law Offi cers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) in Abuja. LOAN is the umbrella body of government lawyers who work in the various ministries. Th e theme for this year’s Conference is “Re-engineering the Law Offi cers sector for eff ective administration of justice in Nigeria” In his address, the minister said that the conference was conceptualized to bring together law offi cers from the 36 States’ Ministries of Justice, legal experts and major stakeholders interested in furtherance of the fundamental commitment of LOAN towards capacity building of its members. On his part, NBA President stressed the need for the Bar to support better emoluments for LOAN members, particularly now that so much was expected from them in the fi ght against corruption. President LOAN, Solomon Usifoh Ibhadon, in his speech, requested the AGF to assist members in coming up with a reviewed salary structure. He said, “above all, each Attorney -General as the Chief Law Offi cer of the State has a duty to properly advise government with legal audacity, boldness and lead by example by appearing before Court in prosecution and defence of cases in which the laws of the state are called to question rather than fi rming out these cases to few private legal practitioners at huge cost to government.” LOAN 1st vice president, Yusuf Abdullahi Abdulkadir, urged the states that are yet to comply with the 1994 circular on harmonization to do so in order to block all leakages of corruption in service.

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