President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Mazi Afam Josiah Osigwe (SAN) on his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Tinubu, in a statement Monday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, also congratulated all newly elected officers of the NBA and members of the association on a successful conduct of the elections.
Osigwe, a former secretary-general of NBA, got the highest votes for the position of president in the election conducted at the weekend.
President Tinubu commended the outgoing NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), on his stewardship of Nigeria’s foremost legal association.
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The president also assured the new leadership of the NBA of his administration’s support in addressing challenges affecting the association and the legal profession in general.