{"id":120619,"date":"2025-07-14T16:03:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120619"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:03:35","slug":"new-lawyers-lament-delay-in-supreme-court-enrollment-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/new-lawyers-lament-delay-in-supreme-court-enrollment-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lawyers Lament Delay in Supreme Court Enrollment Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By \u200eDaniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eSeveral newly called lawyers are raising concerns over delays in receiving their Supreme Court enrollment numbers, despite fulfilling all requirements and paying the mandatory fees.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThe enrollment number, which is a prerequisite for full legal practice in Nigeria, was supposed to be sent digitally to successful candidates shortly after the Call to Bar ceremony. However, while some of the new wigs have received theirs, many others are still waiting.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200ePointblanknews.com gathered on Monday from one of the affected candidates at the Nigerian Law School, Bwari campus, Abuja, that the enrollment documents were still &#8220;under review&#8221; \u2014 contrary to the earlier assurance of a seamless digital dispatch.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200e\u201cGo and wait until it is ready. We don\u2019t have anything to do from the ICT centre,\u201d an official reportedly told the candidate.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThere are growing speculations of technical glitches being responsible for the delays, but the Supreme Court has not officially acknowledged or addressed this possibility.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eBetween July 8 and 10, 2025, the Council of Legal Education presented approximately 5,000 candidates for the Call to Bar during a ceremony held in Abuja by the Body of Benchers.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eAnother frustrated candidate who traveled from outside Abuja expressed disappointment: \u201cDo you know how far I have traveled to come here just to hear that I should go back and wait till they respond?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eAs part of the post-call procedure, each new lawyer is expected to pay a non-refundable fee of N20,000 for enrollment into the Supreme Court Roll.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eEfforts by Pointblanknews.com to get a response from the Supreme Court were unsuccessful, as messages sent to the designated contact number for enrollment inquiries remain unanswered.<\/div>\n<div>\u200e<\/div>\n<div>\u200eThe affected candidates are now urging the Supreme Court to address the delay and ensure transparency in the process.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By \u200eDaniel Adaji \u200e \u200e \u200eSeveral newly called lawyers are raising concerns over delays in receiving their Supreme Court enrollment numbers, despite fulfilling all requirements and paying the mandatory fees.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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