The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee have announced applications for the 2023 Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) award at N1million per applicant.
The LPPC said that the purchase of the application, which started on January 1, will expire on March 31, 2023 in a notification sent by its Secretary/Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Bello.
According to the notice obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday, the invitation was issued in accordance with Regulation 10 (1) (4) of the Guidelines for the Conferment of the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria 2022 and Section 5(2) of the Legal Practitioners Act, Cap. L11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
The notice read, “The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (the LPPC” or “the Committee”) hereby makes a formal call for applications preparatory to the award of the rank for the year 2023.
“Commencing with this year’s exercise, applications shall only be made online and prospective applicants are directed to visit www.lppconline.com to make their applications.”
Additionally, it instructed potential applicants that a processing charge of N1,000,000.00 must be paid to one of their bank accounts and is not refundable.
“Only clear copies of materials presented shall be considered/acceptable by the Secretariat in compliance with Regulation 9(2) of the Guidelines. In the case of Academic applicants who may wish to submit publications that are too voluminous to be conveniently scanned and uploaded, it shall be sufficient to scan and upload the title page of such publications, whilst submitting the hard copies along with the flash drives referred to in clause 25 below.
“After uploading copies of all mandatory or supporting documents online, applicants shall also submit five flash drives containing a copy of their completed application form (to be downloaded from the online portal) as well as copies of all the mandatory and supporting documents uploaded on the online platform to the LPPC Secretariat.
“Any application together with supporting documents submitted in a manner contrary to the directives of the LPPC as enumerated above will be rejected by the Secretariat.
“All applications together with their mandatory or supporting documents must be submitted online at www.lppconline.com before 12:00 noon on March 31, 2023, whilst the flash drives referred to in clause 25 above must be delivered to the LPPC Secretariat before 4:00 pm on April 3, 2023.
“Upon conclusion of payment, an applicant should upload a copy of the evidence of payment on the application portal. The applicant will receive an email notification from the LPPC Secretariat confirming the applicant’s payment and clearing the applicant to proceed with the application process online.”
The LPPC further said that late submissions “shall be viewed as a non-submission.”
