The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has come together in an event for legal practitioners to discuss key issues, ranging from corruption to economic diversification and developing the Niger Delta.

The lawyers’ 56th event which was held in Port Harcourt Rivers State, brought together over 5,000 legal practitioners in Nigeria under the auspices of their umbrella union.

The on-going annual conference has now entered the second day and is perhaps the largest and most important gathering of lawyers in Nigeria.

With the focus on democracy and economic development, this year’s edition is meant to produce a blueprint for national development and the optimism shared by the host Governor.

Many of the attending lawyers said the conference could not have come at a better time than this, when the nation’s democracy has been tested by many contradictory court rulings.