The 56th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA,
on Friday came to a close with Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud SAN sworn in
by the immediate past NBA President, Mr. Austine Alegeh SAN, as the 28th
President of the association.
The swearing in ceremony was witnessed by the Governors of Rivers
State, Nyesome Wike and Sokoto State, Alhaji Tambawal, as well as the
past governor of Kano State, Alhaji Musa Kwakwanso.
In his acceptance speech, the new President commended the outgoing
executive members led by Austine Alegeh, for several innovations that
were introduced into the NBA, especially the universal e-voting by the
NBA.
While performing his first official assignment, he sworn in his
executive members who will together run the NBA for the next 2 years,
and promised to pursue the overall national interest.
Mahmoud called on his opponent, JK Gadzama to join hands with him and
work for the Bar, adding that he should learn from the action of former
President, Goodluck Jonathan after the 2015 election.
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