President Muhammadu Buhari
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on successful conclusion of its elections, which brought about the emergence of Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, as the new leader of the legal body.
President Buhari also congratulated Mr. Maikyau for emerging as the 31st President of the highly revered association, which has over the years played a major role in democratic and economic development of the country, with advocacy, counselling and partnership with governments.
The president’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman Mr Femi Adesina on Monday in Abuja.
The President, according to the statement also saluted the outgoing President of the NBA, Olumide Akpata, and all the national leaders who took the association to a higher level, particularly with building new partnerships and integration of technology.
The president said he would be looking forward to a healthy working relationship with the new national leaders of the NBA, believing the noble and patriotic antecedents of the legal body will be upheld, and further projected to the world.
