Executive Members

'Kunle Uthman(General Secretary)

Chief Olakunle Taofeek Uthman was born at Ologun Street, Obadina in Lagos Island in February I962 to Mr Rasheed Olatunji Uthman an indigene of Isale-Eko and Mrs Amudalat Ayoka Uthman (Née Akesode), also an indigene of Lagos State. I attended Ireti Primary School, Ikoyi, Methodist Boys High School Lagos, Federal School of Arts and Sciences, Victoria Island and Studied Law as a pioneer student in the University of Benin. Was called to the Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor in Nigeria in 1985. Also hold a Certificate In International Dispute Resolution from the American Arbitration Association (AAA). I also hold the traditional title of Jagunmolu of Ibesheland, conferred by the Olubeshe Of Ibesheland in 1997.

I practiced law in the firms of T. Esekody and Co, Benin City, Edo State; O. A. Awoniyi and Co; A. O. Openiyi and Co.; Uthman, Nnadozie and Co and also the firm of Kunle Uthman and Co. I also served as the Special Assistant to the Honorable Minister of Transport and Aviation and Honorable Minister of Power and Steel between 1993 and 1995. I also at various times served on the Board of Directors of Prominence Enterprises, Ikorodu (Manufacturers of Piko Oil), Highland Resources Ltd, Apapa; Alternate Director, Atlas Cement Co. Ltd (A subsidiary of Lafarge Cement) based in Onne, FTZ in Rivers State; M-Tof Consulting Co. Ltd. (A company responsible for collection of Wharflanding fees for the Lagos State Government and also the Chairman of Quintessence Estate Development & Investment Co. Ltd. Also a Director in Platform For Action On Climate Change, an NGO registered and based in Canada.

Appointed a Member of the Tribunal of Inquiry Into The Civil Disturbances In Ikoyi / Obalende LCDA & Epe Local Government Council (2005); Chairman, Legal Sub-Committee For The Technical Committee For The Enabling Legislation "Lagos Habitat 2011 Project; Chairman, Lagos State Committee On Planning Regulations & Building Control in 2008; Secretary, Nigerian Bar Association, Section On Legal Practice (2005-2007); Chairman, Committee On Foreign Legal Practice of the Nigerian Bar Association (2008-2011); General Secretary, Vice President of the Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos, Old Boys' Association (2007-2010); Member National Think Tank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2007-2009); Honorable Commissioner, Lagos State Judicial Service Commission (2010-2015); General Secretary, Eko Foundation (2015 to date).

I have delivered Several papers at Seminars, Symposia and Conferences both locally and internationally and also a renown critique and commentator on general legal matters , the judiciary, politics and issues of key national interest. Was the Lead Speaker at the 40th Anniversary of Nigeria's Independence, theme "Nigeria A 40: A Time For Revival: Investments and Trade Opportunities, (Trade and Commercial Duties Procedure) at The Hague in The Netherlands. Speaker, Rules Of Procedure; Disputes Suitable For ADR & Enforcement of ADR Agreements In The Maritime Industry in Nigeria; Speaker at the 2005 NBA Annual Conference held in Jos, Plateau State in 2005, A Review of Cases Of Professional Misconduct Among Lawyers; Co-Ordinator of the Masterclass on ADR, It's Implication In The Magistracy In Lagos State and also Lead Speaker at the Judicial Reform Conference, "The Judiciary and The Challenges of Satisfying Justice Needs of the 21st Century" organized by the NBA, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crimes (UNODC), Access To Justice and The National Judicial Council (NJC) at the NICON, Hilton Hotel, Abuja in 2014.

In the course of my legal practice, attending conferences and seminars, holidays and tourism, I have at one time or the other visited various countries located in all the continents of the world either alone, with colleagues, friends and family. I am married to Mrs Linda Nkechi Uthman (née Ukegbu), the Proprietress of Magnolia School, in Lekki who is also a bi linguist and blessed with Five (5) children, namely Faisal Olakunle Uthman (Legal Practitioner and law graduate of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom), Hassan Olawunmi Uthman (Business Information Technology Graduate of The University of Kent, England), Ms Yejide Ramat Uthman (Mass Communication Graduate of the University of Lagos), Hadiza Nkechi Ebunoluwa Uthman (a 400 Level Law student in the University of Lagos) and Master Ayomide Abdul-Rasheed Uthman, a student of Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Being conscious of the marginalization of indigenes of Lagos State in the public and civil services of the state, more particularly in the last three decades by civilian governments in the State, I have with others of like minds resolved to do all that is legal, civil and right to ensure that this social misfortune is reversed and we are no longer treated as strangers, lampooned, abused, dehumanized and side tracked by indigenes of other states in Nigeria that our fathers offered 'safe havens' to carry on business and commerce.