President Bola Tinubu on Monday, July 22, 2024, congratulated Afam Osigwe, the newly elected president of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Ajuri Ngelale, the spokesperson to the president in a statement said Tinubu also congratulated all newly elected officers of the NBA and members of the association on the successful conduct of the elections.
The president commended the outgoing NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau on his stewardship of Nigeria’s foremost legal association.
He assured the new leadership of the NBA of his administration’s support in addressing challenges affecting the association and the legal profession.
Osigwe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria won the NBA’s presidential election which took place on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
The NBA president-elect whose legal career spans 25 years since he was called to the Bar in 1999, is set to become the 32nd NBA president when Maikyau completes his two-year tenure in August 2024.
Osigwe, a former General Secretary of the NBA from 2014 to 2016, secured 20,435 votes, more than half of the total ballots cast for the presidential position, defeating his two rivals.
