ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION – MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, SAN – ON THE OCCASION OF THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT 2022/2023 LEGAL YEAR CEREMONY, AT THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT OF NIGERIA HEADQUARTERS, GARKI, ABUJA, THIS 5TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2022

PROTOCOLS NICN and Speedy Disposal of Cases Availability and Accessibility of Judgements Functional Justice Delivery “There should be two cardinal objectives of Courts in a democracy. One is obvious: Courts must accomplish justice. The second [which is] often neglected is: Courts must convince those whom they serve that justice is being accomplished.” (Underlined for emphasis […]
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION – MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, SAN – DELIVERED AT THE VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HELD IN HONOUR OF HONOURABLE JUSTICE TAIWO OBAYOMI TAIWO (JUDGE) ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2022 AT THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT, IKOYI, LAGOS

PROTOCOL “Subject as otherwise provided by this Constitution a person shall not be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence is defined and the penalty therefore is prescribed by a written law; and in this subsection, a written law refers to an Act of the National Assembly or a Law of a State, and […]
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, SAN, AT THE VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HELD ON 15TH SEPTEMBER 2022 AT THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA IN HONOUR OF HONOURABLE JUSTICE ABDU ABOKI, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT (RETIRED)

PROTOCOL “The pertinent question is: who is in dereliction of the constitutional duty to review the remuneration, salaries and allowances of judicial officers since 2007? The NJC and the Federal Judicial Service Commission as well as the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) should synergise and introspect, and tell the world why the dereliction […]
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, SAN, AT THE ANNUAL LEGAL YEAR CEREMONY OF THE COURT OF APPEAL, HELD ON 12 SEPTEMBER 2022

PROTOCOL “…is the settlement of differences and conflicts between individuals, societies, people and nations such that everyone leaves the table with a fulfilled sense of justice, equity and fairness, according to the laws of the land as enshrined in the constitution and other subsidiary legislations” Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN President, Nigerian Bar Association
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE 31ST PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, SAN, AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE 2022 – 2024 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Protocols INTRODUCTION That I, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN is today, the 26th of August 2022, standing before you as the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA); the prestigious association of the only noble profession, the largest, most vibrant and most influential Bar on the continent of Africa, is simply a function of the […]
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