Owerri stands still for NBA
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA, OWERRI
Traffic virtually ground to a halt Monday in Owerri, Imo State capital at the commencement of the 54th Annual General Conference, AGC, of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
Citizens woke up and found out that government had ordered the closure of all major roads leading to the International Conference Centre venue of the conference.
Scores of security personnel drawn from the various agencies had a hectic time controlling traffic in the municipality, as vehicles crawled for hours to get out of the city.
Some citizens, who spoke to our correspondent, expressed shock that government closed some major roads without previously preparing the minds of the people.
“Welcoming members of the NBA is not a sin, but sentencing commuters to untold hardship is not a blessing”, Mazi Ikenna Nze said.
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At the conference venue, health officials and security personnel were busy frisking and checking all persons for the dreaded Ebola virus and lethal weapons.
Speaking Imo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Chukwuma-Machukwu Umeh, SAN, said that insecurity, militancy, insurgency and kidnapping have become daily nightmares to Nigerians.
“We have a duty to critically study the ugly situations and make concrete suggestions to the governments”, the Attorney General said.
Some of the dignitaries that graced the event includes Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Governor Rochas Okorocha, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambowal and Chief Emeka Ihedioha respectively, state chief judges and a host of lawyers.
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Traffic virtually ground to a halt Monday in Owerri, Imo State capital at the commencement of the 54th Annual General Conference, AGC, of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
Citizens woke up and found out that government had ordered the closure of all major roads leading to the International Conference Centre venue of the conference.
Scores of security personnel drawn from the various agencies had a hectic time controlling traffic in the municipality, as vehicles crawled for hours to get out of the city.
Some citizens, who spoke to our correspondent, expressed shock that government closed some major roads without previously preparing the minds of the people.
“Welcoming members of the NBA is not a sin, but sentencing commuters to untold hardship is not a blessing”, Mazi Ikenna Nze said.
Lawyers1
At the conference venue, health officials and security personnel were busy frisking and checking all persons for the dreaded Ebola virus and lethal weapons.
Speaking Imo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Chukwuma-Machukwu Umeh, SAN, said that insecurity, militancy, insurgency and kidnapping have become daily nightmares to Nigerians.
“We have a duty to critically study the ugly situations and make concrete suggestions to the governments”, the Attorney General said.
Some of the dignitaries that graced the event includes Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Governor Rochas Okorocha, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambowal and Chief Emeka Ihedioha respectively, state chief judges and a host of lawyers.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/owerri-stands-still-nba/#sthash.FmXwHObC.dpuf
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