African Bar Association, AFBA:

Cameroon’s Agbor Balla voted Vice President

By Macquens Balemba in Yaounde

Agbor Balla

International legal luminary, Barrister Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla aka “Show Boy”, has been elected as the Vice President (Central Africa) of the African Bar Association, AFBA.

                The former legal consultant at the UN was elected at a joint emergency meeting of the executive council and the technical board of AFBA that held in Abuja, Nigeria on 14 April 2016, a news release of the African Bar Association said. The release was co-signed by the President of AFBA, Nigeria’s Hannibal Uwaifo and the Secretary General, Tanzania’s Mrs. Flaviana Charles.

                “We are glad to inform you that the meeting voted unanimously to elect you,” stated the release, which added that “the Vice President’s duties which are specified in the African Bar Charter, include: the general supervision and organization of the African Bar Association in Central African States and other duties as may be assigned by the president and or council.”

                Barrister Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla, following his brilliant election, automatically becomes a member of AFBA’s governing council.

                The President and Scribe of AFBA congratulated Barrister Agbor Balla on his election and exhorted him to use his good offices to promote AFBA in Central Africa and the world over.

                A veritable lone-ranger, Barrister Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla is President of the Fako Lawyers Association FAKLA, an association that boasts a membership of over 250 lawyers. He is Founder and lead counsel of the Buea-based Agbor Nkongho Law Firm; CEO of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, as well as Founder-Publisher of New Broom Magazine, apart from other caps that the 45-year old is credited with.