Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau has been sworn in as the 31st president of the Nigerian Bar Association.

Maikyau was sworn in by his predecessor, Mr Olumide Akpata, at the close of activities for the 62nd Annual General Conference of the association held at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday August 26.

The new president who commended the former administration for the giant strides it recorded at the NBA in the last two years, made a commitment to not only sustain the laudable achievements and projects of the Akpata administration but to also build on it.