 Maintaining professional integrity, our ability to maintain professional integrity in the workplace and outside the workplace has a powerful impact on our productivity, performance and reputation. Behaving with professional integrity requires patience, practice, strength of character and self-awareness. Following a trending video where a few lawyers at a recently concluded annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association looted conference materials, it is safe to say that professional integrity is a conscious effort at maintaining decorum in the face of pressure. It is tried to state that those who behave with professional integrity generally uphold a moral standard of conduct both in professional as well as personal endeavours. These standards govern our professionals conduct themselves, their work ethic and their communication. As a delegate at the recently concluded NBA conference, I must say that the sessions were well organized and overall it was a successful outing. Conclusively, the need to consciously adhere to rules and maintain decorum is a vital to achieving professional integrity regardless of the situations that may occur. So what do you guys think about the looting of confirmed materials by lawyers? Like are we surprised or like? Yes, what do you guys think are you? We don't agree but we're not surprised. I am not surprised but I mean we have a lot of the lawyers, we have a lot of lawyers who are in positions of high authority. We see how they behave. So I don't think it's a lawyer thing, I think it's our cultural and our Nigerian thing if you let me use that word. So while you have situations where there is no penalty for misbehavior, just have money and do as you like to a large extent. I mean it's subtle but it's there. People behave as they like and that's what I saw there and I know governors who can behave even worse. Exactly. So it's just unfortunate that it happened in a conference with Leonard colleagues and co but we're not surprised because it's from the same stock that we also needed this country. It's a jungle. Well I expected so much from your so-called Leonard colleagues. Let me believe those people that did that are not actually lawyers in character. The only way we are just some touts that we are able to go to law school. Unfortunately because the system didn't properly vet them before giving them that unfortunately but if you extrapolate this, those in the National Assembly, the Harlow Chamber are getting better. When somebody we carry with us. The cultures and the fights. I did not what image are they putting about Nigerians. They should be ashamed of themselves. The lawyers now for the past six months with us. And then you see some policemen like today I saw one policeman drunk on the road. Well it's negative. I understand the current spectacular police is doing its best. To view the image. To view the good image of Nigerian police but they should watch. This thing has happened before in Steno anyway. This particular incident before this current IG Steno. But you see this thing has been happening over time. So let's be conscious anywhere we are. Whether you are educated or uneducated. Respect your office. Respect yourself. Exactly. Respect yourself. That's the look up on us. Just give way. And be patient. Be patient. Even if there is a problem, do it properly. Address your issues properly. You don't have to be unruly. Yes. Just to pass the point. Yes. Like they say on Twitter, violence. No peace. Vowelless. Vowelless is not. Like they say peace is not an option. Like the way they say on Twitter but we should always say. Yes. Ironica. Exactly. So let's hear your view. So I think. Do you even have any really pretty chances right here? They said everywhere we are involved. So I mean like they can't do anything in that phase where people don't know what they do. They have to do whatever happens in that particular time. But like your topic integrity, I think it is a keyword. It's like a smile. It's your presence wherever you go. So if I have to employ someone in my company and I tell that person give one page about integrity. Yes. Or ethics. I don't want to say series. Because I believe that can impact skills on people. I know what I'm looking for. So I want to know your ethics. Your work ethics and how your character, how you present yourself. Because as soon as I get you around my circle, you know you're representing me. You're my brand ambassador. Exactly. So I think that's one thing. Once you become a politician, you lack that in Africa. And then once you become a lawyer, you lack that. Because you're going to take brands for everything. So it may end in this or the first time. I have no support. But they don't get me wrong. I came from a legal family where I have members of my family who are lawyers. I've never seen them doing that. So I'm not talking that saying all lawyers doesn't have integrity or all politicians. But it just depends on the individuals. So those people, you were there. Yes, I was there. No, I didn't. Exactly. So that's why I said when you get any support, let that person give you a page of ethics or integrity. So you know the people that you're contributing yourself. I think we're just one few bad apples. Exactly. The rest of the legal partition in Nigeria. And I believe there are a lot of good people. And we should still have faith in our people. It was bad. They've seen the video. They've seen it online. Probably they'll learn from that. Yes. We'll move forward. But I think what we need to do for them to become successful integrity ethics come first. Exactly. Very, very important. They work and they like the same water group. If you delete one of the group and everything. If you take off the group and everything then everything is still working. So I think we just need to learn from that. These kind of attitudes come not only in Nigerian, most African countries, the parliamentary especially. Like there was one that happened, I think it was last year or last year in the African Union. They had this African parliament. And you saw what happened. Where do I see the blues? Yes, different countries in Africa. Is that what they ship? Yeah. So let's respect ourselves. And then the guy from Mali in Senegal, who was trying to be president there. I remember that. It's common now. It's not already African. It's not already African. It happened in the British Parliament. Yeah, it happened in the British Parliament. Yeah, exactly. But the problem is that if your skin is black, understand that you're already a suspect. Where your point taken. But we know we don't have to say. But this is actual fact, I think. As we have learned so far, professional integrity is very important in our daily lives. We should ensure that wherever we are in a workplace, outside the workplace, we should ensure that we maintain eye decorum and professional ethics, be good people, be patient, and choose to do the right thing at all times. Thank you so very much. We thank you for your attention. Why the program lasted. We hoped our conversations resonated with you. Little drops of water they see make a mighty ocean. Don't forget, The Advocacy continues on our social media platforms. On Facebook, Plus TV Africa, hashtag The Advocate NG, and Instagram, at Plus TV Africa, hashtag The Advocate NG. To catch up with previous brokers, go to plustvafrica.com forward slash The Advocate NG. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, Plus TV Africa. Join us next week, same time on this station. Let's keep advocating for a better society. See you next time.