The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has clarified that the ₦300m it received from the Rivers State Government was a gift and was not tied to any purported hosting right for its Annual General Conference.
This clarification was made in a statement on Monday, April 14, by Emeka Obegolu, chairman of the AGC planning committee, amid rising controversy following the NBA’s decision to move the conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu.
The statement further said that because of the enormous cost involved in hosting the NBA Conference, the Planning Committee usually approaches organisations, agencies, and state governments for support, stressing that the support requested was unconditional and not tied to hosting rights or any rights whatsoever.
It clarified that even with such gifts, the host city has no hosting right and there is no representation by the NBA that the conference must be held in a chosen city.
