Johnny Ungwugwaye Agim, SAN

Johnny U. Agim, SAN is the Founder and President of JASAN Foundation.

He went through his primary, secondary and tertiary education from 1981 through to
2004 when he obtained his LL.B (Hons) from the prestigious University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. He was admitted into the Nigerian Law School and called to the Nigerian Bar, as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in  November 2005, had his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme between 2006 and 2007, and has been in active legal practice to date.

He is currently the Lead Counsel of Legal Assent, Abuja a thriving firm of Lawyers carrying on Legal Practice both locally and internationally; he is a Notary Public for Nigeria, he is a trained Arbitrator with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), he is a certified Leadership Coach; he is an Ambassador for Peace, and was conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on 27th November 2023.

He is an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and has served in various capacities at his local branch, the Unity Bar (NBA Abuja BRANCH), where he held several positions which include but not limited to:

• Alternate Chairman of Human Rights Committee;
• Alternate Chairman, Law Reform Committee;
• Two-term Chairman Disciplinary Committee; and
• Alternate Secretary, Ethics and Anti-touting Committee; amongst others.

He sits on the board of several Companies and Organisations, he is a member of several professional bodies within Nigeria and overseas, and has won several awards and recognitions. He is happily married to his beautiful and darling wife and the union is blessed with a son and a daughter.