PHOTOS: Tinubu receives NBA president-elect, women lawyers in Aso Rock

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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received the President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, during a courtesy visit at the State House, Abuja.

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Badejo-Okusanya was accompanied by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Caleb University, Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawanson; the President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Mrs Ezinwa Okoroafor; the FCT Lead of the NBA Women Forum, Princess Hadiza Afegbua; and the BBold Campaign Team Publicity Lead, Mrs Ramlat Ridhwan.

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The visit came ahead of Badejo-Okusanya’s assumption of office as the next president of the NBA.

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Badejo-Okusanya was recently elected as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association after polling 9,891 votes in the association’s national election.

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She becomes the second woman to lead the NBA after Chief Priscilla Kuye, who served as president from 1991 to 1992.

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She will succeed Afam Osigwe, SAN, at the NBA’s Annual General Conference scheduled to hold in Enugu next month, when she will formally assume office for a two-year tenure.

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