US EditionRep asks NBA to refund "hosting rights" N300m to Rivers
- Solomon Bob, a member of the House of Representatives, has requested the Nigerian Bar Association to refund N300 million paid as hosting rights after relocating its conference from Rivers State to Enugu State.
- The Rivers State Government demanded the refund after the NBA relocated the conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu, asserting that the money was not a gift but linked to the hosting agreement.
- The NBA rejected this claim and maintained the N300 million was an unconditional gift, prompting legal threats from the Rivers State Government.
- Bob accused the NBA of misappropriating public funds and called its actions 'unreasonable' and 'rank hypocrisy'.
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Rep asks NBA to refund "hosting rights" N300m to Rivers
The federal lawmaker urged the Rivers Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, to use every constitutional means to retrieve the money from the NBA if it fails to refund it. The post Rep asks NBA to refund “hosting rights” N300m to Rivers appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Rivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBA - Daily Trust
The disagreement between the Rivers State Government and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over a N300m fund degenerated on Tuesday following a threat of legal action by the former. The River State government had requested the NBA to refund the money allegedly paid to host its national conference initially slated to hold in the state. Following the declaration of the State of Emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, the NBA rejected …
Lawmaker tackles NBA over Rivers crisis, demands return of N300m - THE AUTHORITY NEWS
A member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, Hon. Solomon Bob has taken a swipe at the Nigerian Bar Association, accusing it of insincerity, hypocrisy and “misguided praetorian pretentions” following the association’s condemnation of the state of emergency in Rivers State in another statement on Thursday 10th April. Recall that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu had on 18th March issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency in Ri…
NBA Conference: Rivers Govt vows to recover ₦300m from NBA, threatens legal action - TV360 Nigeria
The Rivers State Government has countered claims by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that the N300 million it received was an unconditional gift not tied to the hosting of its Annual General Conference (AGC) in the state. The government vowed to deploy all legal processes to retrieve the money, if NBA fails to willingly make a refund. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt by Hector Igbikiowubo, media aide to the …
Rivers government threatens to sue NBA over N300m ‘gift’
The Rivers state government has insisted that the N300 million paid to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) was for the hosting rights of the 2025 annual general conference (AGC). The state government, under the leadership of Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator, rejected the NBA’s description of the payment as a “gift”. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Hector Igbikiowubo, the senior special assistant on media to the Rivers sole administr…
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