It’s Wrong To Accuse Lawyers Of Frustrating Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Efforts-NBA President
It is wrong to say lawyers in Nigeria have engaged in activities that had somewhat stopped anti-corruption efforts in the country from succeeding, President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), has submitted.
He also described the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing as a legal fight ‘that must be fought within the framework of extant legislation’.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Maikyau said this on Thursday at the ongoing National AML/CFT/CPF Compliance Retreat in Abuja which was organized by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
He asserted that there has been no record of complicity by the legal profession to warrant or justify such a serious allegation.
‘As a matter of fact, those who promote such a narrative are the ones who either work against or ignore the right measures needed to be deployed or adopted to succeed in this fight.
The NBA will not allow or in any way subscribe to any arrangement that will subject the legal profession to the regulatory control of third parties’ he said.
He also informed attendees of the retreat of the passage of Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023, while noting that in recognition of the dangers of money laundering and terrorism financing on the integrity of the legal profession, the NBA had ensured that the Part 2 of the new Rules incorporate Guidelines and Rules on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism for Legal Practitioners-Team@orientactualmags.com
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