Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the Governor of Rivers State has expressed regrets over what he described as the ‘lackluster approach’ of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA to social change, saying the situation has not only exposed the body to contempt but is a disservice to the nation. PM NEWS reports.

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He said this while charging the leadership of NBA to go beyond issuing statements to taking concrete actions against attacks on the nation’s judiciary at the book presentation in honour of Justice Mary Peter- Odili in Port Harcourt on Monday. Information Guide Nigeria

In Wike’s words: “What is even worrisome on the part of the President of the NBA is his failure to admit that the NBA, including the inner and outer Bar, which he leads, have failed in their responsibility to protect the rule of law and defend the judiciary from punitive intimidation and erosion of its independence by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government.

“It is quite unfortunate that the NBA is only good at issuing bland statements of condemnation without more, while the judiciary continues to suffer ferocious bouts of harassment from a Federal Government that has become notorious for its contemptuous attitude towards the rule of law and the rights of Nigerians to an effective justice system”.jamb results

Wike also expressed his disagreement with some speakers in last Thursday’s valedictory court session organised in honour of Justice Odili, who laid the blame on politicians over the problems that the judiciary suffers.