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Feb 19, 2020 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Today, I felicitate with the Chairman and members of the Young Lawyer's Forum, Yola Branch, on the occasion of their February 2020 monthly meeting and seminar. As I have often said, young lawyers are the future of the legal profession in Nigeria...
And if we must secure that future, we must begin to engage them actively, in ways that will add value to their professional lives. I am therefore, pleased by the networking, learning and capacity building opportunities that this meeting and seminar will afford these young members
of our Noble profession who are of the Yola Branch. I wish you successful deliberations as we all continue in our quest to take the Bar to greater heights, and in ensuring that the Bar works for all.

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