Many factors contributed to the emergence of Olumide Akpata, erstwhile chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, as President of the association. Nigeria NBA OlumideAkpata
One of such factors is the adoption of a new constitution in 2015, which abrogated the delegate system and introduced the universal suffrage. Under the former system, only selected delegates from branches were eligible to vote.
When Chief Adegboyega Awomolo watched the frenzy of Akpata’s campaign, he wrote to his colleague and former president, Chief Joseph Thompson Okpoko , urging him to intervene to ensure that a non-SAN did not win the contest. They believed he would improve on their welfare, as he pledged, considering that his firm is one of those that pays living wages for lawyers and he shows passion for the training of young lawyers.
Other elected officers for the various offices include John Aikpokpo-Martins as First Vice President, with a total of 6,010 votes; Adeyemo Kazeem as Second Vice President, with 8,794 votes; Joyce Oduah as General Secretary, with 8, 979 votes, while Uchenna Nwadialo polled 7,314 votes to emerge Assistant General Secretary.
“It is for the progressive senior lawyer who refused to accept the status quo and took firm steps to ensure that things were done better. He said the outpouring of support is only indicative of the amount of work that needs to be done, adding that the greatest appreciation is to keep to the various promises he made, “and this, I assure you that I would do.”
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