Yakubu Maikyau Elected Nigerian Bar Association President – List of New officials
Yakubu Maikyau Elected Nigerian Bar Association President – List of New officials Mary Akanbi 18th July, 2022 . Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau(SAN) Yakubu Chonoko (YC) Maikyau(SAN) has been elected the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) polled 22,342 votes to clinch victory. Maikyau defeated Jonathan Taidi, a former General Secretary and Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN). Gadzama, Chairman of NBA Securities Agencies Relations Committee polled 10,842 votes; while Taidi got 1,380. Electoral Committee Chairman, Ayodele Akintunde (SAN) announced the results on Sunday. Akintunde out of the 59,392 records received on the final voter register, 59,388 were uploaded as four were invalidated. “A total of 34,809 votes were cast representing 58.61 per cent of the total number of eligible voters, while 1,314 ballots opened but were not cast”, he said. Linda Bala emerged as NBA First Vice President with 21,717 votes; Clement...