President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN), has vowed to work with other members and stakeholders of the Bar with a view to healing divisions within the legal profession and restore unity in the association ahead of her inauguration in August, 2026.

Badejo-Okusanya, who gave the pledge while speaking with newsmen after paying a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday, disclosed that she had commenced consultations with members and stakeholders across the association and promised to do everything possible to address grievances and strengthen the unity of the NBA.

Her words: “My swearing-in is not until the end of August. In the meantime, I continue to reach out to members, to stakeholders, so that we can work together to improve things, to heal the hurt anyone has, and to just continue to ensure that we do things to make sure that the NBA continues to fulfill its role to society”.

Badejo-Okusanya assured members and the public that her administration would be committed to fostering reconciliation and institutional stability.

“Everything that needs to be done, I can assure members and the public that I will do. We’ll make sure that we unite ourselves. We’ll make sure that we put our house in order”, she stated.

Commenting on her meeting with President Tinubu, the NBA president-elect said the President congratulated her on her election victory, while both of them discussed the challenges associated with electronic voting and the deployment of technology in electoral processes.

According to her, the discussions also focused on ways of strengthening the NBA’s electoral processes through continuous improvements.

“He congratulated me on the victory. We talked about the challenges of electronic voting and technology, and we spoke about the ways in which we can continue to improve on our processes. It was very encouraging”. (AriseNews TV)

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