Dele Adesina,SAN wins online poll with the caption “Who’s your choice for NBA President?” which began on Friday 14th February, 2020 and closed on Monday, 17th February, 2020.
The poll happens to be the most credible and widely participated poll ahead of the upcoming NBA elections. On Friday when the Poll began, fans of each of the candidates expressed passionate activism for their candidates as momentum heightened before the poll was finally closed leading to the following results:
Dele Adesina,SAN: 358 votes
Tunde Ajibade SAN: 314 votes
Olumide Akpata: 256 votes
One can only infer what the outcome of the NBA Elections would be like. Kudos to the organizer of the poll and big congratulations to Dele Adesina,SAN and his team on this victory.
As expected of every true leader, a speech must me made after victory. Deacon Dele Adesina,SAN has the following to say:
PRESS RELEASE
I have just read the final result of the poll that ended at 19:00 hours, today the 17th of February, 2020. The result is heart-warming and the victory goes to each and every one of us. It is a product of our commitment, loyalty and dedication to the course that we all believe in and that is to secure the future of our Profession which many within and outside of the Profession say is under siege.
Confirmation of men is an affirmation of the confirmation of God. The majority of Nigeria Lawyers whether the Core Litigators in public or private sector or Commercial/ Corporate Practitioners, old or young, senior or junior, are buying-in, into the compelling objective of changing the face of our Profession which we are promising.
To the Core Litigators, there must be a way-out of delay and congestion in our Courts. Protection and promotion of Rule of Law and fundamental Rights of the citizens must be evident. Access to Court must be preserved. Orders and Judgments of our Courts must be effortlessly obeyed.
To the Commercial/ Corporate Practitioners, contractual agreements must be respected and binding between the contracting parties. Once there is a breach, sanctions in form of damages must follow. In the event of a recourse to arbitration as may be agreed to by the contracting parties, resultant arbitral award must be respected and accepted as binding. Arbitration/Mediation should not be the first step towards another protracted and unending litigation as they are presently are.
To the senior members of the Bar, the desire to bequeath a promising Profession to their younger ones cannot be over-emphasized for this is a legitimate aspiration. Remember, success without a successor is failure. To the young and junior members of our Profession with vision, focus and determination to succeed, the system must not place a limit to their ambition.They must not continue to be victims of a situation they did not create.
This is why we are involved and together we shall make things happen for our Profession.
We are confident of victory because our aspiration is guided by sincere love for our Profession, honesty of purpose and patriotism to our country. Let me assure you all of you that are working together with me on this project that there are many more that are for us than those that are against us.
Congratulations.
From Dele Adesina SAN,
Past General-Secretary, NBA
Life Member, Distinguished Body of Benchers
