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Supreme Court okays new Bar practicing fees payment mode

The Supreme Court of Nigeria SCN yesterday clarified its position on the contentious new mode of bar practicing fees by legal practitioners in the country introduced by the Nigerian Bar Association NBA.

 

NBA had in a circular directed lawyers in Nigeria to henceforth be paying the statutory annual Bar Practicing Fees via an online payment portal called “Paystack.

 

The new practicing fees mode has however, generated controversies and disputes among lawyers on the proprietary or otherwise of the new pay system. Chief Registrar of the apex court,

 

Hajo Sarki-Bello in a statement, however, clarified the authenticity of the system. The statement she personally signed reads in part: “Our attention has been drawn to the controversies being generated by the order given by the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association directing all legal practitioners in Nigeria to henceforth be paying the statutory annual Bar Practicing Fees via an online payment portal called “Paystack

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