The recent invitation of Governor Nasir El-Rufai by the Nigerian Bar Association to speak at its conference has proven to be a controversial one, so controversial that the invitation was withdrawn. Predictably, this has got a lot of people talking. But why was the invitation controversial? What does this mean going forward? I will also be looking at how govts at federal and state level introduce policies without properly engaging with the sectors those policies are supposed to 'help'. Then lastly, we discuss the dark sides of an otherwise good law, the newly signed Companies And Allied Matters Act 2020. Dig in!