“My Commitment is to Leave Behind a Stronger, Better NBA”

Nigerian Lawyers are preparing for a change of baton, to usher in a new administration of national officers of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). For the office of NBA President, the options are three Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Chief Olumuyiwa Akinboro; Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, and Mr Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe. As is customary before the NBA general elections, THISDAY LAWYER reached out to the three Presidential candidates, to share their manifestos with Lawyers. In this interview with Onikepo Braithwaite and Jude Igbanoi, only one of the three candidates, the one who doesn’t appear to have an axe to grind with the ECNBA, Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya responded, and shares not only her aspirations and plans, if elected as NBA President, but the legacy she intends to leave behind

Kindly give a brief overview of your career as a legal practitioner, including any roles, if any, which you may have played in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in the past, and the support you have provided to the Association

I am a legal practitioner with over two decades of experience spanning private practice and public service. I am a Partner at ALP NG & Co. and Co-Head of its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a CEDR Accredited Mediator and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.