‘NBA didn’t share $2,000 ‘attendance fee’ with SANs’
Nigerian Bar Association has dismissed as false claims $2,000 was shared among some SANs as an “attendance fee” during its engagement in Maiduguri, insisting no such payment was made to
Nigerian Bar Association has dismissed as false claims $2,000 was shared among some SANs as an “attendance fee” during its engagement in Maiduguri, insisting no such payment was made to or authorised by the association.
Sources at NBA national secretariat said the narrative, which has circulated in recent days (not by The Nation), was baseless and unsupported by any evidence, warning it unfairly seeks to cast aspersions on integrity of the Bar’s leadership.
The sources said no funds intended for NBA were distributed to members, whether SANs, branch officers, statutory members of National Executive Committee, or young lawyers, during the Maiduguri engagement.
“NBA neither received nor authorised distribution of such sum,” the sources said.
They further clarified that there is no documentary proof that the Borno State government paid $2,000 to any group on behalf of the NBA.
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“There is no payment voucher, no government schedule of disbursement, no official list of beneficiaries issued by any state authority, and no identifiable budgetary head under which such a payment could have been processed,” the sources stressed.
The NBA national secretariat also maintained that no NBA funds were diverted, misapplied or shared in Maiduguri.
A review of the Association’s accounts, the sources said, shows no transaction reflecting the alleged payment.
“No money accruable to the NBA was taken by any member of the Inner Bar or by any officer of the Association. The financial records are clear,” they added.
