Tambuwal Bags Life Bencher Award
Tambuwal and 131 others were presented with the award at the Body of Benchers of Nigeria Award night held at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja.
The Body of Benchers is a statutory body established by the Legal Practitioners Act, I962 responsible for Call to the Bar of persons seeking to be legal practitioners as well as discipline of erring lawyers.
A Life Bencher serves in the body for life and is a legal practitioner of the highest distinction.
Tambuwal has distinguished himself as a lawyer, a parliamentarian and a governor.
As a consummate lawyer and astute parliamentarian, he has written his name in gold in the annals of history of the legal profession and the National Assembly.
As former Speaker, Tambuwal contributed immensely to the development of the institution of the legislature and the deepening of democracy in Nigeria.
As a life bencher, Tambuwal is expected to deploy his wealth of experience as lawmaker to improve on the legal profession.
