UITableViewCell label text not shown - ios

I have one question regarding UITableViewCell.
I have base class inheriting from UITableViewCell.
In that class I have this:
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *name;
Then I have several cells inheriting from that base class created using xib files.
Now I am adding new cell but in this case I am doing it programatically. My problem is that when I try to set the text for that new cell like this:
[self.name setText:#"My Label"];
Text is not displayed.
How can I fix this?
Thanks and regards

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