Following the end of the Olumide Akpata-led administration, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, was sworn in as the new President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Friday.
With 38,000 electoral votes, Maikyau won the earlier in July 2016 election and was sworn in as the 31st President of the NBA.
At the Eko Hotel & Suites swearing-in event, Maikyau thanked God for getting him thus far.
He also expressed gratitude to his YC Maikyau & Co. coworkers, his campaign staff, and friends and partners who helped him win the election.
The new President commended the outgone Akpata administration for the giant strides it recorded at the NBA in the last two years.
He made a commitment to not only sustain the laudable achievements and projects of the Akpata administration but also to build on it.
He extended a hand of fellowship to all those who contested the office of the NBA President with him, saying he and his team would be coming to tap from their indepth knowledge from time to time.
“I saw all your great manifestos and your laudable proposals for the NBA. What has happened is that we are now the ones who have been given the responsibility. I invite you all to join hands with us as we build the Nigerian Bar Association to that great heights we all desire,” he said.