Lawmakers Demand To Be Conferred With SAN Title
Legislators who are lawyers by profession in the Senate, House of
Representatives and other legislative houses in the country have demanded
to be conferred with the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
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The prestigious title is usually conferred on lawyers who have
distinguished themselves in the profession and have practiced for at least ten
years.
The legislators claimed they worked harder than judicial officers adding that
regular lawyers and other legal practitioners were not better qualified for
the rank than the legislators.
The members pressed for the recognition during the inaugural meeting of “The
Forum of Lawyers in the Nigerian Legislature”, held at the National Assembly
in Abuja.
Convener of the forum, Senator Ita Enang said since the lawyers in the
legislature participated in passing all the laws used for legal practice in
the country, they were qualified for the rank of SAN.
Enang, said that it was an “insult” to say somebody who made a law was
not qualified to become a SAN, while another person who practised it could
become one.
“It is an insult not to make legislature lawyers SANs.
“They make laws that the magistrate interprets and makes his way to the
Supreme Court. Yet, you say that a lawmaker is not qualified to be honoured
with the rank of SAN.
“The legislator is not qualified but the lawyer who practices the law passed
by the legislature is qualified.
“Legislative practice is an arm of legal practice and should be recognised as
such.
“It is the legislature and the legislator that know the laws more than the
practitioners because they draft the laws.
“All the laws that practitioners practise and they are celebrated and honoured
are passed by the legislature, but you say that same legislator is not
qualified to be a SAN.”
Source: The Punch
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