‘I’ll leave NBA stronger than I met it’ – Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, has vowed to permission the instauration stronger than she met it.

Badejo-Okusanya promised to beryllium faithful during her tenure arsenic the NBA President.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria was sworn-in during the NBA’s Annual General Meeting successful Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday.

Badejo-Okusanya emerged arsenic the 33rd President of the NBA pursuing the expiration of the tenure of Afam Osigwe, SAN.

Posting connected her verified X page, she wrote: “Twenty-four years aft I attended my archetypal Annual General Conference arsenic a recently called lawyer and watched the baton of enactment walk to a caller President, I stood earlier the aforesaid Association today to person it myself.

“I person this bureau with gratitude for those who ran earlier me, humility for the spot placed successful me, and a solemn determination to tally my ain limb faithfully.

“May it beryllium said, erstwhile this tenure is over, that the Bar became bolder; that lawyers felt seen, protected and empowered; and that we near the Nigerian Bar Association stronger than we met it. The ...