{"id":3028,"date":"2026-07-28T06:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:53:21","slug":"sanwo-olu-hails-badejo-okusanyas-election-as-nba-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/07\/28\/sanwo-olu-hails-badejo-okusanyas-election-as-nba-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanwo-Olu Hails Badejo-Okusanya\u2019s Election as NBA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, on her election as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association, describing her emergence as a historic milestone for the legal profession and a significant step for women in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Monday, the governor said Badejo-Okusanya&#8217;s election as only the second woman to lead the NBA reflected her decades of dedication, professionalism and unwavering commitment to the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>He praised her reputation for excellence and legal expertise, expressing confidence that her leadership would strengthen the association and promote justice across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Sanwo-Olu noted that her victory would inspire young women in Lagos State and across Nigeria to aspire to leadership positions in the legal profession and other sectors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her rise to the leadership of the Bar reflects decades of hard work and relentless dedication to justice,&#8221; the governor said, adding that he believes her tenure will bring visionary leadership and further advance the cause of justice in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the Lagos State Government and its residents, Sanwo-Olu wished the new NBA president a successful and impactful tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Badejo-Okusanya secured victory in the NBA&#8217;s 2026 national officers&#8217; election after polling 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 percent of the total votes cast. She defeated Lateef Akangbe (SAN), who garnered 7,934 votes, while Olumuyiwa Akinboro (SAN) received 5,855 votes.<\/p>\n<p>She will serve a two-year term from 2026 to 2028, succeeding outgoing NBA President Afam Osigwe. Badejo-Okusanya is the second woman to head the association, following Priscilla Kuye, who served as NBA president between 1991 and 1992.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, on her election as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association, describing her emergence as a historic milestone for the legal profession and a significant step for women in leadership. In a statement issued on Monday, the governor said Badejo-Okusanya&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}