Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, the newly inaugurated president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has promised to uphold discipline and credibility in the legal profession in Nigeria.
Badejo-Okusanya, who was sworn in as the 33rd president of the NBA in Port Harcourt, said the country needs a responsive judicial system to strengthen its democracy.
She said, “We will not be indifferent to delay, conflicting decisions, corruptions, or conduct that diminishes public confidence. Respect for institutions does not require silence about their shortcomings; true respect requires the courage to help them become better.
“We will engage governments constructively, but we will not be captured by any government, party, region, religion, interest, or individual. Our loyalty is to the Constitution, to justice, to the rule of law, and to you, the members, whose mandates we hold in trust.
“We will collaborate where collaboration advances the public good. We will challenge where challenge becomes necessary. And in both, we will act with facts, fairness, discipline, and boldness,” she said.
