The immediate past Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has joined the Labour Party at his ward in Edo state few days after visiting Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Peter Kevin.
The Editor reports that Akpata joined the party which is also the platform in which former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, ran on in the 2023 presidential elections.
In the photo that surfaced, the former NBA chairman was seen amongst other party members as he took the oath of membership on Monday, July 30th.
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Meanwhile, Olumide Akpata urged Nigerian journalists to restore its lost glory by observing the highest professional and ethical standards.
Olumide made this known whilst delivering a speech at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Memorial Lecture in honor of Late Senator (Elder) Anyim Ude.
He said: “I had the honour of delivering the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Memorial Lecture in honour of Late Senator (Elder) Anyim Ude who gave 51 years of his life to the service of his country, Nigeria in different capacities before he passed on to greater glory on 15 May 2023.
“I charged Nigerian Journalists to rise to the occasion, restore the glory of the profession & fulfil their mandate of holding the feet of govt officials to the fire and to do so while observing the highest professional & ethical standards of the profession esp in a fake news era.
“I commend the NUJ leadership and the Memorial Lecture Planning Committee for according this honour to one of its own and I thank them and the family Senator Anyim Ude for finding me worthy of delivering what I hope is the first of more Memorial Lectures.”
