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Lawyers currently serving as lawmakers in the National Assembly are demanding to be conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN.
PUNCH reports that besides claiming that they worked harder than judicial officers, the lawmakers argued that regular lawyers and other legal practitioners were not better qualified for the rank than the legislators.
Speaking 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, ''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 practises 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.
PUNCH reports that besides claiming that they worked harder than judicial officers, the lawmakers argued that regular lawyers and other legal practitioners were not better qualified for the rank than the legislators.
Speaking 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, ''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 practises 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.
