The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Augustine, Alegeh, SAN has appointed an Interim steering committee for the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL).
The three-man committee consisting of Professor Chidi Odinkalu, Nurudeen Ogbara Esq. and Ms. Idayat Hassan is mandated to administer the affairs of the Section for a maximum period of six weeks and to take steps to organise elections for a new leadership for the Section.
Congratulating members of the committee, the President urged them to bring their wealth of experience to bear on the new assignment to assist the NBA/ Section to achieve its set objectives.
According to him, the appointment was in exercise of the powers of Article IX (b) of the Uniform Bye- Laws of Sections, Institutes and Fora of the Nigerian Bar Association.
