On Monday July 20, 2026, Nigerian Lawyers will go to polls to elect their national officers. The past few election cycles of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), have been trailed with criticisms and suspicion. Will this year’s election be different? Onikepo Braithwaite and Jude Igbanoi sought out the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Electoral Committee (ECNBA), Aham Ejelam, SAN to tease out some of the pressing issues surrounding the forthcoming elections, the level of preparedness of the Committee and other matters arising, including the choice of IT Providers and the process of authentication of voters
Elections into the national offices of the Nigerian Bar Association is just a few weeks away, July 29, 2026 to be precise. As the Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) what level of preparedness can you assure Nigerian Lawyers of?
The 2026 NBA National Elections are scheduled for Monday, 20th July 2026, and I can assure all Nigerian Lawyers that the Electoral Committee is on track. The Final Voters List has been published, and is available for inspection on www.ecnba.org.ng. The voting platform has been developed by our appointed Electronic Voting Service Provider, Mikrodigital Connect, and is currently undergoing the remaining stages of security certification and readiness testing ahead of Election Day. Our published timetable sets out every remaining milestone, from platform configuration and penetration testing, through trial messaging to voters, to authentication testing in early July. We are not behind on any of these milestones, and I am confident that we will deliver a credible election on the scheduled date.
