Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has elected a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Paul Usoro, as its new national president.
Professor Auwalu Yadudu, chairman of the Electoral Committee, disclosed this on Monday while announcing the result of the election held in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He said Mr Usoro polled 4,509 votes to defeat Mr Okafor Obi and Mr Ernest Ojukwu who scored 4,423 and 3,313 votes respectively.
Mr Abubakar Mahmoud, outgoing president of the association, commended the electoral committee for the conduct of the election.
Mr Mahmoud, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said the election was the fairest exercise held so far.
Usoro is the head of Paul Usoro and co whose expertise in Nigerian Communications Law Practice is acknowledged locally and internationally.
Paul Usoro’s brand “the foremost communications law firm” was earned from its sustained leadership role in the communications industry in Nigeria; dating from its fledging years till date.
Paul Usoro and co had retainership years with the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), Nigeria’s first national telecoms carrier.
With the reconstitution of the industry’s regulatory agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission (“NCC”) in 1999; Paul Usoro began full-scale involvement in the areas of industry policies and regulations, legislative drafting and advocacy, advisory services in licensing arrangements and documentations, telecoms equipment acquisitions and leases, collocation models and agreements, corporate restructurings including mergers and acquisitions of telecom businesses, amongst other services.
