NEWS RELEASE

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) will hold its inaugural Executive Committee Strategy Workshop/Meeting from January 22 to January 25, 2026.

According to a notice obtained by CITY LAWYER, “The Strategy Workshop/Meeting will also provide opportunity for the development of the NBA-SPIDEL 2026 Annual Activities Workplan.”

The Executive Committee, led by leading prison reform activist, Prof. Uju Agomoh, urged members “and the entire membership of NBA – SPIDEL are by this notice requested “to submit strategies/ideas and other recommendations for consideration and possible inclusion in the NBA-SPIDEL 2026 Annual Workplan.”

These submissions are to be sent to the official NBA-SPIDEL email address, info@nbaspidel.ng.

Below is the full text of the notice.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DATE FOR THE NBA-SPIDEL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EXCO) STRATEGY WORKSHOP/MEETING

Greetings Distinguished Learned Silks and Dear Colleagues,

Sequel to the poll conducted on the NBA-SPIDEL Executive Committee WhatsApp Platform, the EXCO members that voted on this overwhelmingly voted in favour of Thursday 22nd to Saturday 25th of January, 2026 as the preferred date for the Strategy Workshop/Meeting.

Consequently, we are settled on those dates as days for the Strategy Workshop/Meeting We will accordingly proceed to design a programme for the Strategy Workshop/Meeting tailored around those dates.

The Strategy Workshop/Meeting will also provide opportunity for the development of the NBA-SPIDEL 2026 Annual Activities Workplan. The Executive Committee members and the entire membership of NBA – SPIDEL are by this notice requested to submit strategies/ideas and other recommendations for consideration and possible inclusion in the NBA-SPIDEL 2026 Annual Workplan. These submissions are to be sent to the official NBA-SPIDEL email address:
info@nbaspidel.ng

Deadline for submission of the recommendations/proposals:

Please submit on or before the 15th day of January, 2026 (4PM)

Thank you and enjoy the rest of your day.

Enome Amatey
Secretary, NBA-SPIDEL

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