{"id":28128,"date":"2020-08-01T17:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T17:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=28128"},"modified":"2020-08-01T17:03:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T17:03:30","slug":"buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata","title":{"rendered":"Buhari congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).<\/p>\n<p>The president, in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, wished Akpata every success in the new position of leading Nigerian lawyers to chart a path of professional development and fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>According to Buhari, as a lawyer for over two decades, who has held several strategic positions in the association, Akpata\u2019s vast knowledge and experience in litigation, corporate world and engaging with government at different levels will greatly benefit the Bar and indeed, all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>The president stated that Nigerians looked up to lawyers as crucial stakeholders in a modern democracy.<\/p>\n<p>He assured the new leadership of the NBA of the continued cooperation of his administration in addressing the broad range of challenges and opportunities facing the legal profession and the country in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The president, in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, wished Akpata every success in the new position of leading Nigerian lawyers to chart a path of professional development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":19256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[97,986],"class_list":["post-28128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-femi-adesina"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Buhari congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-01T17:03:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Dr-Akinwumi-Adesina-600x375-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-01T17:03:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Dr-Akinwumi-Adesina-600x375-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buhari\",\"Femi Adesina\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-congratulates-new-nba-president-olumide-akpata\",\"name\":\"Buhari congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata - 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