The Minister ofFederal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has frowned at the poor maintenance culture of the Nigeria Legal Education at the Port Harcourt Campus of the Nigerian Law School.

Wike expressed his dissatisfaction while delivering his keynote address atthe 2023 Annual Summit of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Young Lawyers Forum in Port Harcourt on Friday, with the theme: ‘Breaking Barriers: Creating Future Leaders in Nigeria from the Present and Next Generation of Young Lawyers’.

The former Rivers State governor, whose government initiated, built, furnished and equipped the Nigerian Law School, Port Harcourt Campus, said, with the huge resources invested in the edifice, the present state of the school was condemnable.

He, however, expressed optimism that the future leaders of the country would emerge among them, stating that it was one of the reasons the Rivers State government under his administration took up the project and ensured its actualisation.

He said he had told the Director General of the Law School that he was highly disappointed at the condition of the Law School, considering the huge investment made by his administration to forestall the present rot.

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory noted several challenges impeding the growth of young lawyers and urged government, prominent private legal practitioners and firms to encourage the forum for professional advancement and fulfilment.

Earlier, Chairman, NBA-Young Lawyers Forum, Port Harcourt Branch, Victor Enebeli, said, as young lawyers, they needed to harness the abundant potential of the country and appealed for the platform to excel in the profession.

Enebeli said that members of the forum were willing to use their potential to contribute to the development of legal professionand the nation. (Saturday Sun)