STEPHEN O. OBAJAJA LL.B (Benin), LL.M
(Lagos), BL
Block
36B, Ogudu Road, LSDPC Estate, Ogudu Ojota, Lagos, Nigeria
Mobile:
08052066172
Blogsite:
random-stephens@blogspot.com
“A
new kind of Leadership – for the Premier Branch”
My
Dear Learned Colleague/Bar Leader
LETTER OF INTENT TO
RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE NBA -
LAGOS BRANCH
My
sincere greetings.
I
pray you lend me your ears for a minute or two.
In
a few weeks you will be called upon again as has become customary with the NBA,
Lagos branch, to elect leaders who will pilot the affairs of the premier branch
for the next two years. The branch has achieved some stability in the last few
years and the next crop of leaders you elect will be crucial in realizing the
manifest destiny of the branch amongst the 109 branches of the Nigerian Bar
Association nationwide.
I
have made deliberate and wide consultations over two years and the feedback I
got gives me a clear idea of the new crop of Leaders the branch needs. Towards
achieving that end, I have decided to offer myself for service to the branch
and I now use this medium to canvass your support and votes as Secretary of the
Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association in the forthcoming elections for
the 2015-2017 administration.
May
I briefly let you know the man who seeks to be your next Secretary? I Stephen
Onimisi Obajaja holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Benin
and a Post Graduate Degree of the University of Lagos. I am a Legal
Practitioner in Lagos, Nigeria, where I am a Partner at the Lagos Law firm of
Fountain Court Partners.
Since
2003, when I was called to the bar, I have been an active member of the Lagos
Branch and have dutifully and consistently discharged my duties to the branch. I am committed to the good and growth of the profession and that informs my active
participation at bar activities both at the branch and national level.
I
have delivered important papers and lectures at intellectual fora and I have many
scholarly publications, legal opinions and incisive articles on contemporary
local, national and international issues and my papers have severally been
published in all of Nigeria’s leading daily newspapers such as the Guardian,
the Thisday, the Punch, the Moment newspapers and even in the New York Times
amongst others. I also teach Public International Law at the National Open
University of Nigeria Study Centre, Yaba, Lagos and I regularly blog. You can
access my writings at random-stephens@blogspot.com
under the blog name, ‘random musings’.
These
are good qualities but I know that anyone who will be Secretary at this
critical juncture in the branch’s history must have even more – qualities of
leadership, experience, honesty, integrity, competence, compassion, efficiency
and empathy. He must communicate clearly
and unequivocally, he must be erudite and above all he must be someone who
writes well and understand the nuances and use of language efficiently and
effectively.
I
am currently the Secretary General of the Pension Lawyers Association of
Nigeria (PLAN), a position I have held for Six years now and I am eager to
place the experience, energy, resourcefulness and drive at the disposal of the
branch for the next two years. Let us elect a new crop of Leaders, a new kind
of Secretary. That is what the branch needs at this moment in history.
I
therefore solicit your endorsement, support and votes on Election Day.
Thank
you for listening.
One last bit: I firmly believe as President Theodore Roosevelt
aptly puts it, “Everyman owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the
profession to which he belongs.”
This is my creed and my charter, “to build this profession of ours”
with abiding faith that it can be done.
I
remain sincerely yours.
STEPHEN O. OBAJAJA
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