His, is a classical example of grass to grace. Starting out in 1970 as a Typist Grade III to being a Court Clerk, Administrative Officer, Qualifying as a Lawyer, Assistant Lecturer, Chartered Arbitrator, General Counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Acting Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Professor Paul Oboarenegbe Idornigie, SAN went down memory lane in a chat with Onikepo Braithwaite and Jude Igbanoi, narrating the odyssey of his life as he reaches the platinum age of 70, while commenting on the present state of the nation
Congratulations Prof or should we say âLord Obingoâ, on the occasion of this milestone of your Platinum Jubilee. We wish you a happy birthday, longer life in good health and prosperity. You have had an interesting career, from starting out as a Typist Grade III in 1970 to becoming a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2015, a Professor and the Acting DG of NIALS in 2019. Indeed, you an inspiration to many, that irrespective
In the early 1970s, an eminent architect, Roger Degiorgio, shared his idea of setting up a federation for professional organisations, with John Chadwick, then director of the Commonwealth Foundation. The latter immediately gave his full support to this concept and on February 19, 1971, the Malta Federation of Professional Bodies was born, changing its name to Malta Federation of Professional Associations (MFPA) in 1999.
It was founded by seven members, five of which are still active today: Kamra tal-Periti, Dental Association of Malta, Malta Institute of Accountants, Medical Association of Malta and Malta Association of Electrical Engineers, which later joined other engineering disciplines and formed the Chamber of Engineers.
Warning! Do not mistake this for a motivational. The looting of Nigeria has become so endemic that it is no longer spoken of in hushed tones.
Nigeria now, perhaps, holds the record of the most number of public officials who have ‘fainted’ while being tried for bare-faced looting of the country’s treasury.
So widespread is the national shame that even an amateur playwright could fashion a thousand scripts out of the improvised acts that many believe are intended to pool wool over the eyes of judges or slow down the pace of justice.
But are these mere acts of trickery or genuine health concerns that quickly turn the accused persons into dramatis personae, and their lawyers becoming emergency movie producers?