Is NBA Ikeja Branch Leadership Succession Agreement a Test Run of AB Mahmoud’s Succession Plan?
NBA President AB Mahmoud SAN
The Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch ended a year long Leadership dispute on the 19th of May 2017 by entering a Leadership Succession Agreement between the contending factions of the Branch.
By the Leadership Succession Agreement of Ikeja Branch, election may be foreclosed for the next three years to allow the contending factions take a bit at the leadership of the Branch.
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Since the news of the Succession Agreement was published, Many Lawyers have raised concerns as to the strange nature of the agreement. Many Observers questioned the Legality of such agreement while others argued that Ikeja may have been deliberately selected by the AB Mahmoud SAN led National Executive Committee to test run Succession in leadership as opposed to biennial election currently supported by the Constitution of the Association.
Recall that the AB Mahmoud’s Executive Committee had in the Association’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Aba, Abia State hinted on its plan to explore Leadership Succession as a way of selecting its leadership as an alternative to the expensive  biennial election. It is not yet clear what steps the “Brave New Bar” has taking so far in its attempt substitute election for Succession raising the suspicion that Ikeja Branch may be an experimental ground for the plan.
POLL SHOW THAT LAWYERS PREFER CONTESTED ELECTIONS TO SUCCESSION PLAN
An unofficial online poll conducted by www.barristerNG.com have shown that Lawyers prefer contested elections to any form of Leadership Succession. The online poll conducted within a period of two months had 93 respondents. While 38 Respondents representing 40.9% prefer Leadership Succession Plan, 55 respondents represnting 59.1% prefer Openly contested elections.
POLL RESULT
Lets have your views and comments on this… Is Ikeja Branch Leadership Succession Agreement, a test run of the AB Mahmoud SAN led National Executive Policy?Â
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