Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Senior Partner at Templars Law Firm, Olumide Akpata Esq., has felicitated Otunba Dele Oye on his inauguration as the 22nd President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA).

Oye was inaugurated as NACCIMA President in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Thursday during the 63rd Annual General Meeting/Conference of NACCIMA themed “Promoting Public-Private Partnership for National Development”.

Akpata, who was in Ado-Ekiti to honour and celebrate with Oye, said his emergence as the President of NACCIMA was well deserved, expressing confidence that Oye would bring his skills and experience to bear in driving the next phase of growth for NACCIMA.

Oye, Principal Partner at Dele Oye & Associates, has over 30 years of experience in legal practice spanning securities litigation, business succession planning, employment law counselling and litigation, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate transactions.

A 1988 Law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Oye was Chairman of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), National Deputy President of NACCIMA, and Chairman of the Nigeria-Turkey Business Council (NTBC).

He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC), Governing Council Member of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Member, Council of Legal Education (2013-2016), Member of the Body of Benchers (2016-2019).

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