Ade Adesomoju, AbujaThe Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association on Sunday presented Certificates of Return to the winners of the just-concluded association’s national officers’ elections. The president-elect, Olumide Akpata, and eight others who emerged winners in the elections were presented their Certificates of Return at the NBA national secretariat in Abuja, preparatory to their inauguration on August 27. The low-key event attended by a handful of supporters of the elected members of the incoming executive committee of the association was presided over by the Chairman of the ECNBA, Tawo Tawo (SAN). He said, “The essence of NBA elections or the essence of every election is service. “The situation whereby as you are voting, you see your votes count as we saw in the NBA election will reduce post-election litigation.

Source: Punch August 02, 2020 17:14 UTC