By PETER ANOSIKE

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Presidential Candidate, Justice Peter Umeadi, would be one of the special guests at the 2022 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

The letter of the invitation states as follows: “On behalf of the National Executive Council and members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), I write to formally invite you as a guest /guest speaker to the 62nd edition of the Annual General Conference of the NBA Conference, scheduled to hold from 19th to 26th August 2022 in Lagos State.

“The NBA Conference is the leading event of the NBA and a main feature of the annual calendar of the Nigerian legal profession.”

The letter stated that the conference would presents legal practitioners in Nigeria with a unique opportunity to interrogate issues affecting the profession and society and to continue to seek innovative ways of advancing justice delivery and providing value-adding legal solutions to their clients and the environment within which members of the Association operate.

It also gave the theme for this year’s Conference as “Bold Transitions”.

Furthermore, it stated the core objective of the 2022 NBA Conference will be to host a world class conference, with in-depth discourse on critical issues affecting the legal profession and the country in general, facilitated by the most eminently qualified resource persons.

“Discussions at the Conference will focus on the need for the legal profession to engage boldly with global evolutionary trends and will comprise over 30 technical sessions where

experts will lead conversations primarily aimed at envisioning the future of the legal

profession within the context of a rapidly transiting world and business environment, triggered in part, by the revolutionary exploits and expressions of technology and the historic coronavirus pandemic.

“The NBA Conference is the largest gathering of business, political and thought leaders on the African continent and will congregate thought leaders in the areas of justice delivery, technology, the economy, politics, judicial reforms, and the rule of law. This year’s Conference is anticipated to have approximately 13,000 delegates from the Bar and Bench in attendance,” the letter said.

It also stated that expected at the conference business persons from different sectors, technocrats as well as political leaders from within and outside Nigeria.