The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Anti-Corruption Committee said on Tuesday that lawyers need to play critical roles for corruption to end in Nigeria.
Speaking through its national chairperson, Babafemi Badejo, the committee called on members of the legal profession to reject corruption and must stand for integrity for Nigeria to be rid of corruption.
“The road to a corruption- free Nigeria begins not only in our courts, but also in the daily ethical choices made in our chambers, our consultations, and our professional conduct.
“If lawyers stand firmly for integrity, many others in society will find the courage to do the same. But if we fail, the consequences for our national development will be grave. Let us therefore walk this road with courage, patriotism, and uncompromısing integrity,” Mr Badejo said in his remarks at the NBA Port Harcourt, Rivers State branch’s anti-corruption seminar.
He urged Nigerian lawyers “to reject seeing corruption, an abnormality, as the normality.”
