Prof Ojukwu Submits 10 FOI demand letters to NBA on Finances, Budgets, Contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers etc (Download Copies)

Professor of Law and former Deputy Director of the Nigerian Law School, Professor Ernest Ojukwu has sent a surprising ten Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to Nigerian Bar Association,

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Professor of Law and former Deputy Director of the Nigerian Law School, Professor Ernest Ojukwu has sent a surprising ten Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to Nigerian Bar Association, NBA requesting information on financial dealings, budgetary process and procurement process of the Association.

Below is summary of the requests

JONATHAN TAIDI, ESQ
GENERAL SECRETARY
NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
NBA BUILDING
ABUJA

Dear Hon GS,

Please find attached copies of FOI Requests which were delivered in
hard copies to you today at the NBA House Abuja.
The summary of the requests are as follows:

1A. The breakdown of all the payments made to members of the Legal 
Practitioners Disciplinary Committee from 2012 to date.

1B. The breakdown of all payments made to NBA Prosecutors at the Legal 
Practitioners Disciplinary Committee from 2012 to date.

2. Details of all lawyers handling NBA matters in courts and details 
of payments to them from 2016-2018.

3. The contract signed to engage the services of  PricewaterhouseCoopers for the purpose of auditing and reviewing the  NBA account.

4A. Details of the Nigerian Bar Association income and expenditure 
account from 2016-2017

4B. Details of the Nigerian Bar Association income and expenditure 
account from 2017-2018

5A. The budget approved by NBA NEC for the NBA Criminal Justice 
Reforms Conference organised by the NBA Criminal Justice Reforms
Committee held at Asaba, Delta State from April 24-28 2018

5B. The breakdown of the account for the NBA Criminal Justice Reforms 
Conference organised by the NBA Criminal Justice Reforms Committee
held at Asaba, Delta State from April 24-28 2018

6. The budget approved by NBA NEC for the 58th NBA Annual General 
Conference 2018.

7. Details of cost of NBA sponsorship of international conferences for 
all lawyers, including NBA National Officers from 2016 to 2018.

8. Account of all expenditures made from the MacArthur Foundation 
Criminal Justice Reforms funds and bank statement of the account from
2017-2018.

9. Report of the NBA 2018 Ad-hoc Transition Committee.

10A. The budget approved by NBA NEC for the 57th Annual General 
Conference of the NBA 2017.

10B. The breakdown of the account for the 57th Annual General 
Conference of the NBA 2017.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Prof Ernest Ojukwu, SAN

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