In an unusual manner this year, the Body of Benchers has barred parents and guests from attending the call-to-bar ceremony often held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
The event which is scheduled to hold on September 14, has been taken from the usual venue, the International Conference Centre to the Eagle Square in Central Area District of the Federal Capital Territory, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Those to be called to bar are the successful candidates who sat the January 2020 Bar final examination of the Nigerian Law School.
The Body of Benchers which regulates the admission of successful law students into the legal profession, until this time, used to give each aspiring lawyers the privilege of inviting two persons to attend the call to bar ceremony.
But the body stated in a notice on Tuesday that only “aspirants” would be allowed into the venue of the upcoming ceremony in line with COVID-19 safety measures.
According to the notice signed by the Secretary of Body of BenchersMrs. H. A. Turaki, the ceremony would physically hold at the Eagle Square but would be broadcast live on national television.
