President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Afam Osigwe, SAN, on his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s spokesman, Tinubu also congratulated all newly elected officers of the NBA and commended the outgoing NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), for his leadership.
The President assured the new leadership of the NBA of his administration’s support in addressing challenges affecting the association and the legal profession in general.
Afam Osigwe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) with a 25-year legal career, won the presidential election of the NBA held on Saturday. He secured 20,435 votes, more than half of the total ballots cast, defeating his two rivals. Osigwe, a former General Secretary of the NBA from 2014 to 2016, is set to become the 32nd NBA president when Maikyau completes his two-year tenure in August.