Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Justice, was established pursuant to the promulgation of Legal Aid Act No. 56 of 1976,
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
The headquarters of the Legal Aid Council is in Abuja and it is under the administration of a Director General.

Legal Aid Council of Nigeria has offices in each state of the Federation, besides establishing supervisory offices in eight geo-political zones of Abuja, Jos, Yola, Kaduna, Lagos, Ibadan, Owerri and Enugu.

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In order to boost the quality as well as throughput of our services aimed at emancipating the incacerated and legally impotent, the Council has unanimously decided to increase her staff strength. To achieve this with all fairness and transparency in line with Council's values, the following posts have been advertised for employment.

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