Nigeria: 'Partnership Requires Trust, Honesty, Integrity, Perseverance and Total Commitment to Practice'

31 May 2016
interview

After 44 years at the Bar Chief Gabriel Nkadi Osakwe has undoubtedly earned the esteem and accolade of recognition as a fulfilled legal practitioner. As he turned 70 recently he shared his experience on a wide range of issues of contemporary importance to the country and legal practice in a conversation with May Agbamuche-Mbu, Jude Igbanoi and Tobi Soniyi.

Your law firm, Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore is one of the longest surviving law partnerships in Nigeria. Given the fact that we have not had the benefit of seeing many partnerships that have survived their original partners, standing the test of time as yours, what has been the secret of survival for almost three decades?

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