Nigeria, April 17 -- A member of the House of Representatives, Solomon Bob, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to return the N300 million paid to it by the Rivers State Government as hosting rights for the association's 2025 Annual General Conference.

Mr Bob, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Abua/Odual and Ahoada East federal constituency of Rivers State, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

He frowned at NBA's refusal to return the money after moving the conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu.

The federal lawmaker urged the Rivers Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, to use every constitutional means to retrieve the money from the professional body of lawyers in Nigeria.

The N300 million was re...