FATAL OMISSIONS / OVERSIGHT IN THE GUIDLINES OF ELECTORAL COMMITTEE, UYO-BAR DATED 31/03/2023:
FATAL OMISSIONS / OVERSIGHT IN THE GUIDLINES OF ELECTORAL COMMITTEE, UYO-BAR DATED 31/03/2023. By ~ Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq., Uyo-based Human Rights Lawyer Conscience Stroke: _Never forget that the Motto of NBA is to preserve and protect the Rule of Law!!!_ Let's xray the grave omissions hence: 1) The Guideline is NOT predicated on any known law of the NBA Item 1 of the Guidelines reads: "Pursuant to the provisions of section 16 of Nigerian Bar Association Uniform Byelaw...." Query : NBA BYELAW of which year, no date???_ NOTE : the only known law is the approved NBA CONST., 2015, amended in 2021 signed by Akpata, 28/10/2021. 2) Item 7 of the said guidelines does not capture the law in full and is grossly unconstitutional. It also creates room for conjectures against the clear unambiguous provisions of S. 14 and S. 14(2) of the NBA UNIFIED BYE-LAW, 2021 The said item 7 of the guidelines reads : "A candidate shall not have less than 10years post-call enrollment experience
