We Didn’t Invite Portable, One Of Our Sponsors Did – Nigerian Bar Association

The Nigerian Bar Association has come out to explain why Portable performed at the association’s 2023 Annual General Conference.

The National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Akorede Lawal recently revealed this during an interview, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the singer was never paid, and he was actually brought in by one of the headline sponsors of the conference.

NBA added that it is the largest gathering of lawyers anywhere in the world, so sponsors are allowed to finance every level of the events.

His words, “We did not pay a dime to Portable for the concert. It is the largest gathering of lawyers anywhere in the world and so to that extent, we always write to sponsors to finance every level of our events. We have partners from America, Chile, and a host of other countries who pride in what we do and take it upon themselves to get the programme financed annually.”

On if lawyers walked out, “No, they did not. The Friendship Centre is the customary place where all lawyers go to unwind, network and do all other social activities. So, the concert was meant to take place there but we later told the lawyers to move to the ‘Unbarred concert’ at the Velodrome of the National Stadium in Abuja because we don’t want two events at the same time given that that place (Friendship Centre) had been decorated already to promote their brands.”

They were the headline sponsor of the centre and that’s where the DJs and every other social activities had been going on since the start of the event. So we closed the place down to have a unified event.”