 Legal practitioners have met in Lagos to chart the way forward for the regulation of practice in the sector. This was the main thrust of the 16th edition of the signature annual business launch of legal firm SBA, Ajibade and Co. Introduced in 2008, the annual business launch of a corporate social responsibility event is directed at highlighting contemporary issues affecting the legal profession in Nigeria. It is also intended to assist in identifying walkable and practical solutions to these problems. The theme for this year's launcheon is the regulation of legal practice in Nigeria, charting a way forward. Well, the annual business launcheon is part of our corporate social responsibility programs to the profession. At SBA, Ajibade and Co. we like to say that we are passionate about the legal profession. And we've been doing this for 16 years now, once a year, and it's our contribution to ensuring that the profession improves. I think that the impact this program will have is to sensitize those in positions of authority within the profession and in the country as a whole, as to the urgent need to fix the regulatory framework for the legal profession. Well, I think I take them for the Nigerian lawyers outside is that we all need to work together to make the profession better. You will notice that from the polls that were administered in the course of the program, the results to my mind were not indicative of a realization on the part of Nigerian legal practitioners that there is a need for significant change. So I'm hoping that, you know, some of the discussions from the panelists will make us realize that there is a need for significant change. It is a political commitment toward reform and actual action taking to move that bill to the national assembly. As I said during the lecture that definitely there may be some people who will be opposed to some portions of it, but there are many of more people who appreciate and understand that there's a need for reform. And when you look at the global issues, global competition, you look at the changing needs of the clients, you look at the inclusion of technology, you look at the high complaints around the standards and the inability due to the fragmented legal structure we have for regulation now to deal with those issues, then the necessity for a single apex regulator becomes imperative. And that is the structure that will take us to the next stage and enable legal practitioners to be competitive, not only in Nigeria but to be able to create global firms that can compete globally.