The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has dispelled worries about the endorsement of candidates in the general elections of 2023.
Speaking at a press conference in advance of the NBA’s 2022 Annual Conference in Lagos State, on Thursday, August 18, Olumide Akpata, the NBA President, declared that the league is apolitical and would not support any candidates.
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Akpata said;
We’re bending over backward to show that that is not the intention and just to add my voice in saying that the NBA can’t and will not endorse one, two, or three parties.
The NBA Chairman further explained that the conference session hosting four of the 2023 presidential candidates is just one of the regular sessions at the event and that it’s not a manifesto night.
It’s not a manifesto night or afternoon, it’s a regular session at the conference where we are interrogating the issue of democracy in transition and the leadership deficit that we have identified in this country.
He noted that the invite is to give Nigerians the opportunity to know the next President.
Akpata said;
We, however, thought that we should talk to those who are trying to ask us as Nigerians, to allow them to lead. So these are the persons’ that our members selected to be invited because we can’t invite all of them.
