Bar and Bench
ECNBA lifts campaign ban for 2024 NBA elections
- As committee verifies 72,071 lawyer-voters
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has lifted ban on campaign activities for the forthcoming NBA general elections.
That was after it announced that a total of 72,071 lawyers have been verified to participate in the upcoming elections.
The decision was made following a successful interactive session with candidates vying for various positions in the 2024 NBA elections, which took place today in Abuja.
The campaign period will effectively commence today, June 10, 2024, and will run until 12 midnight on July 18, 2024.
The committee headed by its Chairman, Oluseun Abimbola SAN, and Secretary, Huwaila Muhammad Ibrahim, had thereafter okayed one month and six days for the campaign.
The voting process for the NBA general elections is scheduled to begin at 23:59 on July 20, 2024, and will conclude at 12 midnight on the same day.
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