PORT HARCOURT, AUGUST 26, 2016 – The new president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud (SAN), was on Friday sworn in by the immediate past president of the association, Mr. Austine Alegeh (SAN) , in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.The ceremony marked the end of the NBA 56th Annual General Conference in the state.
The swearing in ceremony was witnessed by the Governors of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambawal, the ex- governor of Kano State, Musa Kwakwanso and several other dignitaries
In his acceptance speech, the new NBA president commended the outgoing executive members led by Alegeh, for several innovations, especially the universal e-voting introduced into the association.
Mahmoud said the Nigeria bar needs to set out standards for themselves by creating a new system that would be corruption and other illegality free.
