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Nigeria ruled by mediocrities –BabalakinFrom IBRAHIM AKANBI, Ibadan
A prominent legal practitioner and bus ine s sman, Wale Babalakin yesterday based the major problem facing the country on relegation of merit, saying mediocrities are in charge of affairs of the nation.
Babalakin, while speaking during a seminar marking the 60th anniversary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Oyo State chapter, tagged: “Nigeria: At Tipping or Turning Point,” held at the Aare Afe Babalola Bar Centre, Iyaganku in Ibadan, said: “Nigeria is currently faced with economic issues among other problems, but I hope this will create a thinking nation. We keep having problems because we have abandoned merit and a system that abandons merit cannot rule,” he said.
The Bi-Courtney boss urged lawyers at the event to develop themselves professionally, saying appointments to the bench must be for those who wanted to be on the bench.
Similarly, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, who chaired the event said with current challenges in the nation, the future looks gloomy, adding that it takes only tough and good strategy planners to survive.
Asue, who is the chairman of the NBA section on Business Law while describing Ibadan as the centre of the country, said history would always hold out what the city had done.
He admonished lawyers to stop thinking in traditional times, which he said had changed, urging them to think outside the box to find solutions to current situations in the profession.
“There is no aspect of human endeavour the law does not cover. Law is life; it is the bedrock of the society. It protects the society and as human activities expand, there is need to expand our services too.
“The new legal economy demands from lawyers to be dynamic, efficient, flexible, skillful and a problem solver. The world has become more global and it demands for specialized legal services.
“Anyone who wants to survive must develop expertise in other emerging sectors.”
While urging the legal practitioners to embrace continuous legal education, he called on successful legal practitioners to mentor the coming generation to return the shine to the city of Ibadan.”
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