The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has announced that any lawyer applying for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, must pay N1m.

This was contained in the opened applications for the 2023 award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

The LPPC, in a notice by its Secretary/Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Sarki Bello, said the application will be open as from January 1, and will close on March 31, 2023.

The notice, seen on Tuesday, stated that the invitation was in accordance with Section 5(2) of the Legal Practitioners Act, 2004 and Regulation 10 (1) (4) of the Guidelines for the Conferment of the Rank of SAN 2022, the Nation reports

It reads in part: “The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (the LPPC” or “the Committee”) hereby makes a formal call for applications preparatory to the award of the rank for the year 2023.

“Commencing with this year’s exercise, applications shall only be made online and prospective applicants are directed to visitwww.lppconline.comto make their applications.”

It informed prospective applicants that each person “must pay a non-refundable processing fee of N1million only to any of the following accounts held in the name of the “Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (SAN)”: Account Number:1014103141, at Zenith Bank PLC and Account No. 0213662834 at GTBank PLC.

“Upon conclusion of payment, an applicant should upload a copy of the evidence of payment on the application portal. The applicant will receive an email notification from the LPPC Secretariat confirming the applicant’s payment and clearing the applicant to proceed with the application process online.”

The LPPC further cautioned that any submission made after the deadlines “shall be treated as a non-submission.”