Yemi Osinbajo has requested for consensus among legal practitioners on the preservation of the legal practice in Nigeria to enhance the profession and national development.
Osinbajo made the call while delivering the closing address at the maiden dinner of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, held in Lagos.
Osinbajo said: “A professional elite such as ourselves, we owe a responsibility to ensure that we act professionally with honour and integrity; first, for the selfish reason that it confers on us natural respect and prestige.
“Ultimately, the difference between the elite or professional, and those who destroy the patrimony, is the extent to which the elites are willing to make sacrifices and constrain that selfishness which is common with humans.
“An elite is one who agrees to sacrifice individual greed, ambition and quest for power for the overall good of all.
“It is the responsibility of the elites to act with honour, integrity and sometime with quietness.”
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